An illustrated history of the Jews in Italy from Roman times to the present. Describes Roman Christian and Byzantine restrictive legislation, the introduction of the Inquisition, and the restriction of Jews to the practice of medicine and usury. Refers to the expulsion from the Spanish-ruled lands in Sicily and Sardinia and to the repeated accusations of ritual murder, such as that of Simon of Trent (1475). Pp. 139-168 discuss the anti-Jewish racial laws of 1938 and the deportation to extermination camps. Also discusses Jewish-Christian relations in Italy since the end of World War II and anti-Jewish, anti-Israel manifestations.

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