Guido Jung

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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
In office
February 1944 – April 1944
MonarchVictor Emmanuel III
Prime MinisterPietro Badoglio
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 served as Italian Minister of Finance from 1932 to 1935, and again in 1944.[2][3]

Early life

Jung was born in Sicily to a wealthy merchant family who had emigrated from Germany.[4]

Career

As a businessman, Jung achieved early commercial success in recognition of which he was, in 1906, invested into the Order of the Crown of Italy at the grade of Cavaliere.[4]

Jung, who in 1922 had served as Italian ambassador to the United States, was appointed Italy's Minister of Finance in the summer of 1932, Prime Minister Benito Mussolini reasoning at the time that "a Jew should be at the head of finance".[3][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".[6] 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.[7] Later that year he 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".[8]

After being released from the cabinet Jung, then aged 59, volunteered for military service in Ethiopia ultimately commanding 6,000 men.[4][9]

In February 1944, following the Armistice of Cassibile, Jung was again given charge of the finance ministry.[1][10] The appointment of Jung met with concern from the United States, with the U.S. Army's Psychological Warfare Branch pointing out what they alleged to be his deep Fascist roots.[11]

Personal life

At least two of Jung's brothers served in the Royal Italian Army during World War I.[4]

He underwent baptism in 1935.[2]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Jung was Jewish.[2]

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