Italian Racial Laws

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The Italian Racial Laws were antisemitic and racist measures enacted by Fascist Italy in 1938 that stripped Jews and other targeted groups of civil rights, property, and social participation, paving the way for their broader persecution during World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Fascist-era law
antisemitic legislation
racist legislation
aimedAt creating a so-called Aryan Italian nation
racial separation
appliesTo Italian Jews
Jewish refugees in Italy
Jews in Italy
foreign Jews in Italy
people classified as non-Aryan
contributedTo persecution of Jews in Europe
country Kingdom of Italy
discriminatedAgainst mixed marriages involving Jews
effect economic marginalization of Jews
exclusion of Jews from public life
expropriation of Jewish property
legalized antisemitism in Italy
social segregation of Jews
stripping Jews of civil rights
followedBy Holocaust in Italy
deportation of Jews from Italian-controlled areas
government Fascist regime of Benito Mussolini
historicalContext alignment of Fascist Italy with Nazi Germany
ideology Fascism
state antisemitism
implementedBy Fascist Party structures
Italian bureaucracy
Italian police
inspiredBy Nazi racial laws
Nuremberg Laws
languageOfEnactment Italian
legalBasisFor discrimination against Jews in Italy
legalStatusAfter1945 abrogated
location Italian colonies
Italian mainland
Italian-occupied territories
partOf Fascist racial policy in Italy
prohibited Jewish children attending many public schools
Jews owning or managing certain businesses
Jews serving in the Italian armed forces
Jews teaching in public schools and universities
Jews working in many public offices
marriage between Jews and non-Jews
sexual relations between Jews and non-Jews
recognizedAs crime of persecution in historical memory
restricted property ownership by Jews
residence rights of Jews
startTime 1938
timePeriod World War II era
late 1930s

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Italian Jews
persecutedDuring
Roberto Farinacci ("Italian racial laws")
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