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Purge of “big Business” Opens in Italy

The first step in the elimination of Jews from Italian “big business” has been taken, the Daily Telegraph reports today from Rome, with the appointment of Senator Giannini as chairman of the Aquilla Oil Refinery at Trieste, replacing Jewish interests.

August 9, 1938
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The first step in the elimination of Jews from Italian “big business” has been taken, the Daily Telegraph reports today from Rome, with the appointment of Senator Giannini as chairman of the Aquilla Oil Refinery at Trieste, replacing Jewish interests.

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