All or Nothing: The Axis and the Holocaust 1941-43 by Jonathan Steinberg

by Jonathan Steinberg

Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy were united in a 'brutal friendship'. Both had savage racial both Hitler and Mussolini viciously denounced the 'Jewish menace'. Yet each nation treated the Jews quite differently. Whilst Jews who fell into the arms of the German army were consigned, almost without exception to concentration camps, not one Jew taken by the Italians suffered the same fate. Italian officers protected not just Italian Jews, but Jewish refugees of every nationality. Jonathan Steinberg uses this remarkable and poignant story to unravel the motives and forces underpinning both Nazism and Fascism in an attempt to resolve the underlying Why?

Genres: History, Holocaust, World War II, Politics

Unknown Binding

First published June 21, 1990

About the author

Jonathan Steinberg is the Walter H. Annenberg Professor of European History and former Chair of the Department of History at the University of Pennsylvania. He received his A. B. from Harvard University and his Ph.D. from Cambridge University.

Reviews

[Salah abdou mohamed · Rating 5 out of 5]

Steinberg did an amazing job with this book. He introduced good analysis of a very complicated issue socially and politically. His writing is a bit deep but nevertheless interesting. A must-read book.

[Loraine · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the most quotable book I've read in a long time. I appreciated the structure in which it was written, the descriptions of cultures, histories and philosophies especially. Highly recommended.