Le Leggi Razziali (1938) e gli ebrei italiani emigrati in Argentina: discriminazioni e nuove opportunità

Abstract

As a result of the “Racial Acts” of 1938, many Italian Jews chose to leave Italy between 1939 and 1942. Most of them were academics, managers, entrepreneurs, diplomats, merchants and career officers, emigrating towards Switzerland, England, Australia, United States, India, Palestine or in Latin American countries. The new political situation led Argentina of the late ‘30s to promote new and more restrictive laws on immigration. This article is an account on how Italian Jews were able to overcome Argentinian legislation on immigration, providing follow-ups on their successful careers and activities in their respective professions and jobs.