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It Happened In Italy Untold Stories of How the People of Italy Defied the Horrors of the Holocaust
By Elizabeth Bettina
Published by Thomas Nelson
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On 3/18 Kelly Law wrote: "It Happened In Italy" written by Elizabeth Bettina is an eye-opening read on the history of the Jews in Italy. This is a part of World War II not usually presented, I never even thought of Jews being in Italy. This book will make you question, why Italy saved her Jews, and the rest of Europe didn't. ... "It Happened In Italy"
On 8/26 Marcílio Queiroga wrote: It Happened in Italy: Untold Stories of How the People of Italy Defied the Horrors of the Holocaust – By Elizabeth Bettina The book tells us the Holocaust story through a completely different view of the conventional history about Jews. We are used to read or hear about the Nazi fields in Germany then we are ... Thomas Nelson Review
On 8/17 pmdteapots wrote: I have always loved history. For some weird reason, I have especially been fascinated by the time period surrounding the Holocaust. So, when my mom showed me this book I immediately agreed to review it. This book was all I had hoped and more than I could have imagined. You see, in school we learned ... It Happened in Italy: A Thomas Nelson Blogger Review
On 8/10 Jenna Coe wrote: I have always had an interest in stories from the Holocaust, and the book It Happened in Italy by Elizabeth Bettina really caught my eye. Elizabeth tells her story of discovery as she works to uncover the secret that her village as kept covered for many years: many of its residents risked their lives ... Interesting Point of View of the Holocaust
On 7/10 P.I. Barrington wrote: In Elizabeth Bettina's book It Happened In Italy, (ISBN 978-1-5955-5102-3 Thomas Nelson Publishing) she begins an unlikely journey into an unlikely and almost unknown past where Jews in one "concentration camp" did not suffer the torture and mass murder by Nazi captors. In fact, the particular "concentration ... Confessions of A Depressionista Book Review
On 6/24 Donna Safford wrote: The Holocaust: a monstrous time in the world’s history. Yet, the people of one country stood against the death and destruction, quietly saving Jews from slaughter. It Happened in Italy tells the stories of survivors and those who helped them. Many Italians opened their hearts and homes, putting their ... Stories of Courage and Survival
On 6/20 Kara Roberts wrote: All I can say about the book It happened in Italy by Elizabeth Bettina is WoW! I'm a WWII buff and this is one of those stories that no one has ever heard of until recently. Jewish concentration (detainment) camps in Italy during WWII and they have been described as a picnic in comparison to German camps. ... It happened in Italy - Thomas Nelson books
On 6/14 Hattie L. Norman wrote: It Happened In Italy by Elizabeth Bettina, is a missing part of Italian and Jewish History. Campagna, Ferramonti and other remote Italian towns were places where Jewish people did not experience the horrors of Dachau or Auschwitz. Therefore, the words “concentration camps” were never used by the ... It Happened In Italy by Elizabeth Bettina
On 6/10 Barbara Davis wrote: When I think of the Holocaust, I think of torture and death, Dachau and Auschwitz. Having been born near the end of World War II, I have heard of the horrible Nazi labor camps; the separation of families; the beatings; the starvation; the genocide of millions of Jewish people. But I had not heard of ... A Must Read