num_pages: 368
description: A profoundly moving history of Italy’s Jews under the shadow of the Holocaust, told through the lives of five Jewish Italian the Ovazzas of Turin, who prospered under Mussolini and whose patriarch became a prominent fascist; the Foas of Turin, whose children included both an antifascist activist and a Fascist Party member; the Di Verolis of Rome, who struggled for survival in the ghetto; the Teglios of Genoa, one of whom worked with the Catholic church to save hundreds of Jews; and the Schonheits of Ferrara, who were sent to Buchenwald and Ravensbruck. An extraordinary montage that resurrects a forgotten and tragic era.
language: English
title: Benevolence and Betrayal: Five Italian Jewish Families Under Fascism
titlecomplete: Benevolence and Betrayal: Five Italian Jewish Families Under Fascism
genres: Jewish, Holocaust, Nonfiction, Italy, Italian Literature, War, Nazi Party, History, World War II, Historical
ratings_count: 151
awards: awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: History
publisher: Picador