The Jewish Chronicle

Gianni Alemanno V Renzo Gattegna

September 19, 2008 11:56

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The mayor of Rome, Gianni Alemanno - a former neo-Fascist youth leader - has told the newspaper Corriere della Sera that he "did not and never has considered fascism to be absolute evil". The only thing he believed fitted this description were racial laws passed by Italy's Fascist government in 1938.

Alemanno's comments have angered the Jewish community. One leader, Renzo Gattegna, said: "The racial laws were created by the Fascist regime. It is difficult to separate the two."