The persecution of Jews in Europe in the 1930s — 1940s was a tragic event that still constitutes one of the most infamous pages in continental history. Fascism remained neutral for a long time in the face of anti-Semitism but immediately returned to the problem of relations between the state and the Jews, the legislative turn of persecution is that of 1938. A new and more tragic criminal turn was applied in 1943, where Mussolini and part of the Italians were involved as co-responsible for the spread of the Shoah on the peninsula. The article contributes to the awareness, recognition, remembrance and rejection of anti-Semitism.