1. The reorganization of Jewish life : Echoes of the catastrophe -- A 'new' leadership -- A Zionist awakening -- Youth movements -- Italian citizenship and Jewish identities ; 2. Paths of memory : Memory lapses -- Public uses of the recent past -- Memory politics during the Cold War -- The union of Italian-Jewish communities and the historiography on Fascist anti-Semitism -- For a critique of Italian-Jewish self-representation -- Conclusion.