The Geography of the Holocaust in Italy: Spatiotemporal Patterns of Arrests for Families and Individuals and a Conceptual Model. Issue 4 (1st October 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Le Noc, Maël; Giordano, Alberto; Cole, Tim
• Is Part Of: Professional geographer. Volume 72:Issue 4(2020)
• Page Start: 575
• Page End: 585
• Publication Date: 2020-10-01
• Subjects: families and individuals -- Holocaust geography -- Italy -- spatiotemporal patterns of arrest; 家庭和个人 -- 大屠杀地理学 -- 意大利 -- 拘捕的时空模式; familias e individuos -- geografía del Holocausto -- Italia -- patrones espaciotemporales de arresto; Geography -- Periodicals; 910
• DOI: 10.1080/00330124.2020.1758572
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0033-0124

Abstract

Abstract : Holocaust and genocide scholars have long recognized the family as a relevant, if neglected, topic of research. In this article, we examine the spatiotemporal patterns of Jewish arrests during the Holocaust in Italy, concentrating on family patterns and building on previous work on arrest patterns for individuals. Starting from a large historical geographical information system of individual victims, we devised a methodology to identify family groups and determine whether and when family members were arrested together, thereby achieving the objective of studying the event from multiple resolutions and scales of analysis. Results show considerable differences in spatiotemporal patterns for families and individuals, suggesting a higher vulnerability of families to roundups and marked differences as concerns the nationality of both perpetrators and victims. In addition to contributing to the geography of the Holocaust, the conceptual model we devised for this study can be used in other contexts where the family is the object of research.