Wednesday,
November 21, 2007
The
ANNOTICO Report
Victor
Emmanuel III (the grandfather of the current head of the House of Savoy), was
sent into exile a year after the end of World War II.
I
am against any kind of Monarchy even when they are mere "figureheads"
like
And
I will assume any Assets they had were from their "privileged"
position, or the House of Savoy "feudal advantages", and should be
"nationalized". So I say pay them NOTHING!!!
However,
lets get the facts straight.
This
article says King Victor Emmanuel III was exiled because he had collaborated
with the fascist regime of Benito Mussolini on anti-Jewish laws.
King
Victor Emmanuel III had almost nothing to do with any of the great
accomplishments of Mussolini, and nothing to do with any acts of Mussolini that
were criticized, like the Occupation of it's Protectorate in Ethiopia (
Pre Approved by the Laval-Hoare Pact) The Racial Purity/Loyalty Act of
1938, (To require Loyalty Oaths from Pro Zionists in the Italian Government,
that Benito through were puppets of England) and the joining with the
Axis after England ( With Anthony Eden's Ranting) rebuffed Mussolini's
overtures to join the Allies.
The
leaders of the Fascist Council/Parliament voted to "oust"
Mussolini, July 24 and Victor Emmanuel III, proforma
signed the order the following day, that called
for Mussolini's arrest. Three months later the Germans rescued him, and
Mussolini became the leader of the so called
The
article states: These laws allowed nearly 8,000 Italian Jews to be deported by
the occupying German forces starting in 1943"
The
laws did NO SUCH thing. First these were NOT Italian Jews, but German/Austrian
Jews who had fled to
Secondly
No Italian Jews were touched either before or after German occupation. with the exception of those who were arrested like anyone
else for anti-Fascist activity.
That
which is often forgotten is that Mussolini's mentor was a Jewess with strong
connections with
Vittorio Emanuele
of
The former royals
also want assets returned that were confiscated by the Italian state after
their forced exile in 1946. The property in question or its
monetary value were not immediately known.
The demand was
presented by lawyers for the former royal family to Italian President Giorgio
Napolitano, as well as Prime Minister Romano Prodi.
The male heirs of
the
The family was
allowed to return to
Vittorio Emanuele
was arrested last year for his alleged involvement in a vast pimping and
illegal gaming network and put under house arrest.
Victor Emmanuel
III, the grandfather of the current head of the House of Savoy, co-signed and
formally put into law racial norms in 1938. These laws allowed nearly 8,000
Italian Jews to be deported by the occupying German forces starting in 1943.
He abdicated in
May 1946 and his son Umberto II, succeeded him, but only for a month before a
referendum in June 1946 abolished the monarchy in
Prodi's chief of staff Carlo Malinconico has warned that not only would the Italian
government give nothing to the former royal family, but that it would also
press charges against the Savoys for their
responsibility in installing racial laws in Italy, ANSA said.
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