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Jung was the Italian delegate to the [[London Economic Conference]] and was credited in news reports with "keeping the conflicting elements of the parley from completing disrupting the conference".<ref>{{cite news|title=Italy's Peacemaker Helps Save Parley|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/229362439|accessdate=March 9, 2018|work=[[Akron Beacon Journal]]|publisher=[[newspapers.com]]|date=June 22, 1933}}{{paywall}}</ref> After being released from the cabinet Jung, then aged 59, volunteered for military service in [[Ethiopia]] ultimately commanding 6,000 men.<ref name="inst"/><ref>{{cite book|last1=Zalampas|first1=Michael|title=Adolf Hitler and the Third Reich in American Magazines, 1923-1939|date=1989|publisher=[[University of Wisconsin Press|Popular Press]]|isbn=0879724625|page=112|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WrcA0sAqwgsC}}</ref>
Jung was the Italian delegate to the [[London Economic Conference]] and was credited in news reports with "keeping the conflicting elements of the parley from completing disrupting the conference".<ref>{{cite news|title=Italy's Peacemaker Helps Save Parley|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/229362439|accessdate=March 9, 2018|work=[[Akron Beacon Journal]]|publisher=[[newspapers.com]]|date=June 22, 1933}}{{paywall}}</ref> After being released from the cabinet Jung, then aged 59, volunteered for military service in [[Ethiopia]] ultimately commanding 6,000 men.<ref name="inst"/><ref>{{cite book|last1=Zalampas|first1=Michael|title=Adolf Hitler and the Third Reich in American Magazines, 1923-1939|date=1989|publisher=[[University of Wisconsin Press|Popular Press]]|isbn=0879724625|page=112|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WrcA0sAqwgsC}}</ref>


In February 1944, following the [[Armistice of Cassibile]], Jung was again given charge of the finance ministry.<ref name="jta">{{cite news|title=Marshal Badoglio Appoints Two Jews to His Cabinet; Breaks Anti-Jewish Tradition|url=https://www.jta.org/1943/11/18/archive/marshal-badoglio-appoints-two-jews-to-his-cabinet-breaks-anti-jewish-tradition|accessdate=March 9, 2018|work=[[Jewish Telegraph Agency]]|date=November 18, 1943}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Premier Badoglio Revamps Cabinet, Adds Ministers|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/374270533|accessdate=March 9, 2018|work=[[Baltimore Sun]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|publisher=[[newspapers.com]]|date=February 18, 1944}}{{paywall}}</ref> The appointment of Jung met with concern from the United States, with the [[U.S. Army]]'s Psychological Warfare Branch charging that Jung had deep Fascist roots that predated his Mussolini-era cabinet service.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Domenico|first1=Roy|title=Italian Fascist on Trial, 1943-1948|date=1991|publisher=University of North Carolina Press|page=16}}</ref>
In February 1944, following the [[Armistice of Cassibile]], Jung was again given charge of the finance ministry.<ref name="jta">{{cite news|title=Marshal Badoglio Appoints Two Jews to His Cabinet; Breaks Anti-Jewish Tradition|url=https://www.jta.org/1943/11/18/archive/marshal-badoglio-appoints-two-jews-to-his-cabinet-breaks-anti-jewish-tradition|accessdate=March 9, 2018|work=[[Jewish Telegraph Agency]]|date=November 18, 1943}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Premier Badoglio Revamps Cabinet, Adds Ministers|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/374270533|accessdate=March 9, 2018|work=[[Baltimore Sun]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|publisher=[[newspapers.com]]|date=February 18, 1944}}{{paywall}}</ref> The appointment of Jung met with concern from the United States, with the [[U.S. Army]]'s Psychological Warfare Branch charging that Jung had deep Fascist roots that predated his earlier service as finance minister.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Domenico|first1=Roy|title=Italian Fascist on Trial, 1943-1948|date=1991|publisher=University of North Carolina Press|page=16}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==

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Cavaliere
Guido Jung
Minister of Finance of the Kingdom of Italy
In office
July 1932 – January 1935
MonarchVictor Emmanuel III
Prime MinisterBenito Mussolini
Preceded byAntonio Mosconi
Succeeded byPaolo Ignazio Maria Thaon di Revel
In office
February 1944 – April 1944
MonarchVictor Emmanuel III
Prime MinisterPietro Badoglio
Preceded byDomenico Bartolini
Succeeded byQuinto Quintieri
Personal details
Political partyNational Fascist Party[1]
Awards Cavaliere dell'Ordine della Corona d'Italia

Guido Jung (February 2, 1876 - December 25, 1949) was a Sicilian businessman who was Italian Minister of Finance from 1932 to 1935 as a member of the National Fascist Party, and again in 1944 as an independent. During World War II Jung served in the Italian Army in Ethiopia. He was a knight of the Order of the Crown of Italy

Early life

Jung was born in Sicily to a wealthy merchant family who had emigrated from Germany.[2]

Career

As a businessman, Jung achieved early commercial success.[2] In recognition of his business achievements he was, in 1906, invested into the Order of the Crown of Italy at the grade of Cavaliere.[2]

Jung, who in 1922 had served as financial attache at the Italian embassy in Washington, D.C., was elevated to the Grand Council of Fascism as Minister of Finance in the summer of 1932.[3][2][4] Prime Minister Benito Mussolini reasoned at the time that "a Jew should be at the head of finance".[4][5][a]

During an official visit by Hermann Göring to Italy, Mussolini left Jung to meet with the German minister, prompting David Schwartz of the Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle to write that "it must have been a lesson in tolerance".[7] In May 1933 Jung represented Italy to the United States during tariff discussions and was feted with an official dinner at the White House by President of the United States Franklin Roosevelt.[8] In a subsequent meeting with Mussolini, U.S. ambassador John W. Garrett reported that "he [Mussolini] was very gratified at the cordiality of Jung’s reception in America".[9]

Jung was the Italian delegate to the London Economic Conference and was credited in news reports with "keeping the conflicting elements of the parley from completing disrupting the conference".[10] After being released from the cabinet Jung, then aged 59, volunteered for military service in Ethiopia ultimately commanding 6,000 men.[2][11]

In February 1944, following the Armistice of Cassibile, Jung was again given charge of the finance ministry.[1][12] The appointment of Jung met with concern from the United States, with the U.S. Army's Psychological Warfare Branch charging that Jung had deep Fascist roots that predated his earlier service as finance minister.[13]

Personal life

At least two of Jung's brothers served in the Royal Italian Army during World War I.[2]

He underwent baptism in 1935.[6]

Notes

  1. ^ Jung was Jewish.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Marshal Badoglio Appoints Two Jews to His Cabinet; Breaks Anti-Jewish Tradition". Jewish Telegraph Agency. November 18, 1943. Retrieved March 9, 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Giuntini, Elisa. "Guido Jung, Imprenditore". isspe.it (in Sicilian). Sicilian Institute for the Study of Politics and Economics. Retrieved March 9, 2018.
  3. ^ Register of the Department of State. U.S. Department of State. 1922. p. 249.
  4. ^ a b "Guido Jung Dies in Sicily". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. newspapers.com. Associated Press. December 28, 1949. Retrieved March 9, 2018.
  5. ^ Waagenaar, Sam (1974). The Pope's Jews (PDF). Alcove Press. p. 172. ISBN 0856570265.
  6. ^ a b Sarfatti, Michele (2006). The Jews in Mussolini's Italy: From Equality to Persecution. University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 0299217345.
  7. ^ Schwartz, David (May 19, 1933). "By the Way". Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved March 9, 2018.(subscription required)
  8. ^ "Guido Jung of Italy at White House". Hartford Courant. newspapers.com. Associated Press. May 3, 1933. Retrieved March 9, 2018.(subscription required)
  9. ^ "The Ambassador in Italy (Garrett) to the Secretary of State". history.state.gov. U.S. Department of State. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
  10. ^ "Italy's Peacemaker Helps Save Parley". Akron Beacon Journal. newspapers.com. June 22, 1933. Retrieved March 9, 2018.(subscription required)
  11. ^ Zalampas, Michael (1989). Adolf Hitler and the Third Reich in American Magazines, 1923-1939. Popular Press. p. 112. ISBN 0879724625.
  12. ^ "Premier Badoglio Revamps Cabinet, Adds Ministers". Baltimore Sun. newspapers.com. Associated Press. February 18, 1944. Retrieved March 9, 2018.(subscription required)
  13. ^ Domenico, Roy (1991). Italian Fascist on Trial, 1943-1948. University of North Carolina Press. p. 16.
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