 The Germans were purportedly perturbed as the Italians not only protected Jews on their territory, but in parts of occupied France, Greece, the Balkans, and elsewhere, where they protected local Jewish populations also.On 13 December 1942, Joseph Goebbels, Hitler's propaganda minister, wrote in his diary, ""The Italians are extremely lax in the treatment of the Jews.They protect the Italian Jews both in Tunis and in occupied France and will not permit their being drafted for work or compelled to wear the Star of David.