'Race Defense' - Antisemitic Italian Magazine - 1939

'Race Defense' - Antisemitic Italian Magazine - 1939

Issue of the antisemitic magazine 'La Difesa della Razza' - 'Race Defense'. May 20, 1939 - Many distortions of Jewish sources in an attempt to present the 'true Jew' who poses a threat to the countries of the world, And articles in race theory.

On the top of the cover of the issue the antisemitic inscription was written : "Be human and not stupid sheep, so that the Jew among you, will not laugh" (Quote that appeared regularly on the cover of the issues). The title page of the issue is an antique-style picture of horsemen on horses and the author quoted from Jewish sources as "In the destruction of Rome immediately our redemption". The main article describes a 'first exposure' of quotations that appear in the Talmud and are directed against the nations of the world in general and against the Italian nation in particular, alongside images of Jews with an Oriental orientation. The author sharply antisemitically analyzes the behavior of the Jewish nation for 1900 years. The Jews arrive as refugees in a foreign country, create a 'country within a country', take over the country they entered and soon disappear from history - this is what happened to the Babylonian Empire, the Russian Empire and more. The Jews then move on to take over another country. This behavior was characterized, according to the author, by ancient Jewish sources, from which he often quotes passages condemning the nations of the world. Then there is an antisemitic article about a 'Jewish army' being built in the United States and threatening its enemies, another article quoting a distortion from Jewish sources as if they see the non-Jewish woman as an inferior animal from a dog accompanied by harsh antisemitic images, a racist article characterizing The real Italian to the fake Italian - the Jew, and deals with the sources of the Jewish race. There is also an antisemitic article about the arrival of the Jews in Italy - this article also contains distorted quotations from Jewish sources, another article deals with condemnation of Jewish art and artists, and more.

The La Difesa della Razza [Race Defense] an Italian bi-weekly published between August 1938 and June 1943, by Telesio Interlandi, published by Tumminelli in Rome (5 years in which a total of 117 issues were published), initiated by Benito Mussolini who believed in the scripture to assimilate antisemitic ideas And racism among the Italian population.The sheets constituted the main antisemitic tool of the fascist regime, designed to promote fascist racial laws in Italy.The aim was to spread a "scientific" doctrine of racial theory, and to convince Italians that colonialism, bans on intermarriage and intermarriage Anchored in the laws of nature.The magazine presented baseless ideas in support of the superiority of the Aryan race to which the Italians claimed the Italians should belong, and warned of the 'biological contamination' that might occur if the Italians mixed with the 'inferior races'. In the 'scientific' sections of the magazine, racism and anti-Semitism gained legitimacy from a medical and biological point of view, with a focus on presenting false 'genetics' theories. The magazine even deals a lot with demography in an attempt to present statistical forecasts showing the “non-Aryan” races in constant decline compared to the Aryan races. The deeper Italy went into war with the participation of the Axis powers, the more the issue officer in antisemitic propaganda, blaming the Jews for the war, and warning of the "risks" of mixing with the Jews, which could lead to "social pollution."

48 pages, 30 cm. general condition good.