Les Juifs de Milan

Milan, the great economic center of northern Italy, saw a Jewish community develop primarily from the nineteenth century onward, following emancipation, joined in the twentieth century by refugees from Central and Eastern Europe. Composed of Italkim (Italian Jews) and immigrants of various origins, including later Jews from the Sephardic and Oriental worlds, it became one of the principal communities in Italy. Under Fascism, the racial laws of 1938 struck its members, and the German occupation led to deportations to the extermination camps. After the war, the community reconstituted itself and remains one of the most important in the country.

Sources & resources

• Encyclopaedia Judaica — 2e éd., Keter/Macmillan
• Jewish Virtual Library ↗