The memory of anti-Semitic persecution
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Title
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The memory of anti-Semitic persecution
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Description
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In 1938, the Fascist regime adopted state antisemitism through the so called “racial laws”, which imposed numerous discriminations, including prohibiting Jews from teaching at universities or enrolling as students. The university's direct involvement in implementing these measures is evident in the letter dated December 7, 1938, from the rectorate to Professor Gustavo Del Vecchio, who held the chair of Corporative Economy, informing him of his forced resignation for racial reasons. The University of Bologna was among the Italian institutions most severely affected by the antisemitic laws, with 49 academic staff members forced to resign.
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With this in mind, in 1998 a plaque was placed in the main building of the Rectorate which reads as follows: “The University of Bologna (…) wishes to remind itself and its young people here of the ignominy of the racial laws which, with the acquiescent silence of the scientific community, irremediably deprived it of the generous and enlightened minds of Jewish teachers and students.”
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Date
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1938
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1998
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Place
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Archivio Storico dell'Università di Bologna (pos. 4/a Professori ordinari, fascicoli individuali, n. 242 Del Vecchio Gustavo)
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Palazzo Poggi
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Alternative Title
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Letter of forced resignation
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Commemorative plaque
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Rights Holder
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Archivio Storico dell'Università di Bologna
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Rights
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Copyrighted
