Through extensive interviews and an intimate knowledge of Italian history and culture, Stille reconstructs the lost world pictured in Bassani's Garden of the Finzi-Continis - a liberal society where Jews had seemingly found a safe and comfortable home. "A deeply moving account of the ordeal of the Italian Jews during the Second World War." - Irving Howe.

(Key Words: Holocaust, World War II, World War Two, Alexander Stille, Nazis. Genealogy, Italy, Italian Jews, Survivors, Fascism).