Journal title ITALIA CONTEMPORANEA
Author/s Chiara Renzo
Publishing Year 2021 Issue 2021/295 Language Italian
Pages 29 P. 193-221 File size 0 KB
DOI 10.3280/ic295-oa1
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The establishment of the State of Israel in 1948 led to a significant decrease of Jewish displaced persons in Italy’s refugee camps. However, it also marked the beginning of an unexpected movement that between 1948 and 1949 brought to Italy about 8,000 Jews from Libya who sought to receive international assistance for resettlement in Israel. This article analyzes the reasons that led the Jews of Libya to clandestinely reach Italy’s refugee camps, the role of Jewish and Zionist organizations, and the scenario in which international humanitarianism reacted to this emergency. It argues that a Eurocentric vision intrinsically rooted in the international refugee regime of that time deprived the Jews fleeing Libya of thestatus of displaced persons.
Keywords: Jews of Libya, DP camps, Italy, Second World War, Displaced persons (DPs), International humanitarianism
Chiara Renzo, "Attraversarono il mare su terra asciutta": gli ebrei di Libia nei campi profughi in Italia e nel regime internazionale dei rifugiati (1948-1949) in "ITALIA CONTEMPORANEA" 295/2021, pp 193-221, DOI: 10.3280/ic295-oa1