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During 1941 and 1942, thousands of Jewish refugees fled from occupied France to the cities in French Morocco such as Casablanca and Rabat. The Jewish community was able to provide some aid but many refugees were interned in thirty detention camps. The camps also held Jewish foreign nationals, local Jews accused of profiteering or subversive activities, and British Jews. Forced labor camps were also established such as Berguent and Bou Arfa where Jewish men performed forced labor on the Trans-Saharan railroad. However, approximately ten thousand Jewish refugees were able to pass through North Africa to the Americas without being detained. On the eve of the American invasion of North Africa (November 8, 1942), approximately four thousand Jewish prisoners were interned in camps in the south of Morocco and in Algeria. Americans entered Casablanca on November 11. The presence of American troops did not improve conditions for Jews but instead resulted in a wave of anti-Jewish sentiment, resulting in attacks on synagogues and Jewish property in Casablanca and Rabat. (en-US)

Fonte

Abitbol, Michel. The Jews of North Africa during the Second World War. Trans. Catherine Tihanyi Zentelis. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1989. pp. 145-147

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• Africa 1942
• Marocco Francese 1939 (1 settembre) - 1945 (7 maggio)