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DISPROVING BRAVA GENTE: THE MYTH AND REALITY OF THE SHOAH IN ITALY

Duckett, Morgan Paige
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1525620727434865

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2018, BA, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of History.
The brava gente myth has obfuscated the true role the Italian Fascist regime played in the Shoah, engendering the belief that the Italian Fascist regime was incapable of denying Jews their inalienable human rights. The brava gente myth conceals the role the Italian Fascist regime played in the Nazi’s Final Solution by producing the misconception that it committed itself to saving Jews from the sadistic horrors of their Nazi ally based solely on the inherent humanitarianism of Italians. This `good people’ myth has been commonly accepted worldwide due to excessive belief in national characteristics grounded in stereotypes reinforced in mass entertainment such as cinema. Therefore, the importance of this research resides in the necessity for more Italian scholarship concerning brava gente translated into English, so that those who do not speak Italian can reassess Italian Fascist history based off primary sources and not mass entertainment. This study attempts to explain that the Italian prevention of Jewish deportation was a direct result of Italian opportunism for political and economic advancement, as well as a direct response to Italo-German relations, rather than inherent character of morality.
Richard Steigmann-Gall, Dr. (Advisor)
Kristin Stasiowski, Dr. (Committee Member)
Marcello Fantoni, Dr. (Committee Member)
Don-John Dugas, Dr. (Committee Member)
51 p.
History; Judaic Studies

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  • Duckett, M. P. (2018). DISPROVING BRAVA GENTE: THE MYTH AND REALITY OF THE SHOAH IN ITALY [Undergraduate thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1525620727434865

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Duckett, Morgan. DISPROVING BRAVA GENTE: THE MYTH AND REALITY OF THE SHOAH IN ITALY. 2018. Kent State University, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1525620727434865.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Duckett, Morgan. "DISPROVING BRAVA GENTE: THE MYTH AND REALITY OF THE SHOAH IN ITALY." Undergraduate thesis, Kent State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1525620727434865

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