Journal title ITALIA CONTEMPORANEA
Author/s Chiara Renzo
Publishing Year 2022 Issue 2022/299 Suppl. 1
Language English Pages 28 P. 65-92 File size 0 KB
DOI 10.3280/icYearbook2021-oa004
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The establishment of the State of Israel in 1948 significantly reduced the number of Jewish displaced persons in Italy’s DP camps. However, it also marked the beginning of an unexpected movement of some eight thousand Jews who, between 1948 and 1949, travelled to Italy from Libya, seeking international assistance to resettle in Israel. This article explores the reasons for which the Jews of Libya illegally attempted to reach Italy’s DP camps, the role Jewish and Zionist organisations played in this process, and the reaction of international humanitarianism to the ensuing emergency. It argues that a Eurocentric vision, intrinsically rooted in the international refugee regime of that time, deprived the Jews fleeing from Libya of the status of displaced persons.
Chiara Renzo, "They crossed the sea on dry land". The Jews of Libya in Italian Displaced Persons camps and the international refugee regime in the aftermath of the Second World War (1948-1949) in "ITALIA CONTEMPORANEA" 299 Suppl. 1/2022, pp 65-92, DOI: 10.3280/icYearbook2021-oa004