Provvedimenti per la Difesa della Razza Italiana (Regio decreto-legge 17 novembre 1938-XVII, n. 1728).

The Italian racial laws (“Leggi Razziali”) were promulgated by Fascist Italy from 1938 to 1943 in order to enforce racial discrimination against Jews. The first and most comprehensive of the Leggi Razziali was the present Regio Decreto 17 Novembre 1938 Nr. 1728. Which gave a legal definition of what constituted being a member of the “Jewish race.” These laws banned marital unions between Italians and other races, dramatically restricted the civil rights of Jews, excluded them from public office and higher education and banning the publication of their literature. See Online Exhibition by the Fondazione 1563 per l’Arte e la Cultura Exhibitiom (2018-19). “Houses and Things: The Racial Laws of 1938 and Private Property” (Le Case e Le Cose. Le Leggi razziali del 1938 e la Proprietà Privata): http://le-case-e-le-cose.fondazione1563.it/inmostra/provvedimenti-difesa-razza-italiana/.