Memoirs of a Fortunate Jew

The author''s childhood was spent in Fascist Italy of the 1920s and 1930s. Assimilated Jews, the family''s relationship to their country was stronger than to their religion. Their subsequent fortunes and misfortunes were intricately tied to what would prove to be conflicting loyalties. Segre emerged as an adolescent, naive and unprepared for the realities that awaited him. The crash of 1929 and th...