Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Italy's Former Royals Want 400 Million USD For Confiscated Property

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 England, Holland, Italy Pre WWII, and others.

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 Republic of Salo, which dissolved when the Germans were exiting Italy

 

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 Italy as Refugees, and were safe as long as Italy controlled Italy. When Italy surrendered and became a Co Belligerent of the Allies, and the Germans took control of Italy, the Germans "reclaimed" their citizens and repatriated them.

 

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 Moscow, that most of the Communist and Socialists at that time were Jewish. His Mistress was Jewish. Then when Mussolini switched from Communist to Socialist, then to Fascist, a very large segment of the Fascist was Jewish, and Jews were disproportionately represented in the Leadership. It was a very prosperous time for the Jewish Community for 16 years... And even after the Racial Purity laws (which was concerned about Intermarriage of Italians and Ethiopians, NOT Jewish) a large segment of the Jewish community, who considered the Zionist Italians as NOT trustworthy, especially if they were Not willing to sign a Loyalty Oath to Italy,and instead had primary loyalties to Zionism/England, and worked in very sensitive posts in the Diplomatic Corps.

 

 

Italy's Former Royals Want Millions from State: Report

ROME (AFP)  Italy's former royal family has demanded 260 million euros (385 million dollars) in compensation plus interest from Italy for having been forced into exile for 56 years, ANSA agency reported Tuesday.

Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy, 70, the grandson of the last king of Italy from 1900 to 1946, has demanded 170 million euros while his son Emanuele Filiberto, 35, has demanded 90 million euros, the agency said, adding that news of the demand would be developed on Italian national television later Tuesday.

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 Savoy family were sent into exile a year after the end of World War II because king Victor Emmanuel III had collaborated with the fascist regime of Benito Mussolini on anti-Jewish laws.

The family was allowed to return to Italy through a law reforming the constitution that was adopted in 2002.

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 Italy.

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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