1870 ⟶ Crémieux Decree and Rise of Antisemitism in Algeria and the Middle East
The 35,000 Jews living in Algeria are granted French citizen...
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🔥 Pogrom on Jerba Island
18 Tunisian Jews are killed in a pogrom and an Arab mob loots Jewish homes and stores, burns synagogues, on Jerba Island.⟶
PogromJerba IslandTunisia19th CenturyAntisemitismMob ViolenceNorth Africa
Tunisia📜 Crémieux Decree and Rise of Antisemitism in Algeria and the Middle East
The 35,000 Jews living in Algeria are granted French citizenship as a result of the Crémieux Decree. This leads to a rise of antisemitism in Algeria and across the Middle East.:⟶
Crémieux DecreeAlgeriaCitizenship19th CenturyAntisemitismFrench ColonialismNorth Africa
Algeria
🗣️ Pope Pius IX's Antisemitic Remarks
Speech of Pope Pius IX in regard to Jews: "of these dogs, there are too many of them at present in Rome, and we hear them howling in the streets, and they are disturbing us in all places."⟶
Pope Pius IXAntisemitismCatholic ChurchIdeology19th CenturyReligious Anti-JudaismRome
Italy
🔥 Constantine Pogrom
34 Algerian Jews were killed and hundreds were injured by Muslim mobs during the 1934 Constantine pogrom. 200 Jewish stores were raided, the total property damage was estimated at over 150 million Poincare francs. It also sent a quarter of Constantine's Jewish population into poverty.⟶
PogromAntisemitismAlgeriaViolenceJewish communityProperty damageNorth Africa
Algeria