During WW2, did the Jewish population IN ITALY suffer the same fate as in other countries allied with or conquered by Germany?

Jewish Population In Italy

In some ways Mussolini was a 'Hitler wannabe' but never measured up. Italy was not united under fascism to the same extent as Germany was united under Nazism.

Mussolini was not antisemitic as was Hitler. This caused a rift between the two. When Germany moved into Italy after Italy switched sides, the Nazis tried to (or started to) introduce their antisemitic policies.

Currently members of the families of survivors are publishing works on the holocaust which contain primary source material. Best to consult these works and look for them as they come out in print.

Dictators were deemed the personification of the nation - in that what they dictated became the will, aim, goal, purpose and mission of the nation with all members of that nation called upon to dutifully and without question follow this will locked in step.

Attitudes toward the Jews illustrates one key difference between Fascism and Nazism.

This isn't a chicken-and-egg distinction...

Does the Nation make the State, or does the State Make the Nation?

For fascists like Mussolini, the STATE makes the NATION. The idea of being a member of society is a creation of the state, and the citizenry created and organized BY the state, exists to serve the state, To that end, Mussolini didn't care about being anti-Semitic. In fact, one of the founders of the Italian Fascist Party WAS a Jew. Since the idea of "Italian-ness" was a construct of the state, a person's religion or ethnicity was effectively meaningless.

Under Mussolini, certain anti-Jewish laws were passed (to placate Hitler), but there were no pogroms against the Jews. Widespread expulsion of the Jews and deportation to death camps didn't occur until 1943 when the Italian government fell and the Nazis occupied Italy. But this was done under the auspices of the Germans, NOT the Italians.

For Nazism, though, the NATION makes the STATE. Nazism preached the doctrine of the pure Aryan Race, and the state is created BY the Nation and exists to serve it. Thus, for Nazis, racial matters mattered a great deal. Hence their preoccupation with the Jews.

Hope that answers your question

Yes,once Mussolini had been deposed and German forces occupied Italy.

Read 'If This is a Man' by Primo Levi - he was an Italian Jew sent to Auschwitz.

So,ideas that Italian Jews were not treated the same as Jews in other countries are wholly false - once the Germans took control of Italy in 1943.

not to the same extent.