THE ROLE OF THE ITALIAN CIVIL ADMINISTRATION IN THE DEPORTATION OF THE RHODES JEWISH COMMUNITY (JULY 1944)

Abstract

In the present paper we analyses the role of the Italian administration played during the deportation of the whole Jewish Community of Rhodes. New sources gave us the possibility to study more deeply the relationships between Italian authorities and the population of the Dodecanese during the Italian’s rule (1924 – 1947) and the activity in cooperation with the German secret police in 1944, when the Germans brought to end the deportation of the Jewish living in the Aegean area.