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Redeemed Intellectuals and Italian Jews

Historiographical Themes

The publication of Mirella Serri's I Redenti unleashed a number of intemperate reactions.¹ In the course of several book presentations, the author found herself obliged to confront hostile criticisms, centering on the accusation that she had profaned, through the defamatory accusation of anti-Semitism, the names of personalities who were sacred to the political and intellectual life of the Italian left, such as the Communist leader Mario Alicata and the literary critic Carlo Muscetta. It might seem surprising that a book denouncing the compromises made by many of the most distinguished Italian intellectuals, with regard to the Fascists' racial...