1941 anti-Jewish riots in Gabès
Gabès riots was a three-day wave of anti-Jewish violence which erupted in the Tunisian city of Gabès in 1941.[1][2] It was the worst outbreak of violence against Jews in North Africa during World War II.[3]
| Gabès riots (1941) | |
|---|---|
| Location | Gabès, French Tunisia |
| Date | May 1941 |
| Target | Tunisian Jews |
| Deaths | 7 Jews |
| Injured | 20 Jews injured |
| Motive | Antisemitism |
History
The riots began when a mob of Arabs rushed the Jewish Quarter,[4] killing 7 Jews and injuring 20.[5]
Along with the 7 Jews initially murdered, one policemen was also killed.[6]
Eyewitness Accounts
A Jew from Gabès, Tzvi Hadadd, remembered his mother rushing outside to look for his sister, only to be assaulted as she stepped out the front door. He recalled:
"An Arab knocked her down and another grabbed her and tried to cut her throat."[7]
Bibliography
- Abramski-Bligh Irit, Drevon Claire, « L’influence de la Seconde Guerre mondiale sur les relations judéo-arabes en Libye et en Tunisie », Revue d’Histoire de la Shoah, 2016/2 (N° 205), p. 317-353. DOI : 10.3917/rhsho.205.0317. URL : https://www.cairn.info/revue-revue-d-histoire-de-la-shoah-2016-2-page-317.htm
References
- Bensoussan, Georges (4 March 2019). Jews in Arab Countries: The Great Uprooting. Indiana University Press. pp. 352–. ISBN 978-0-253-03860-9.
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- Abadi, Jacob (August 1, 2012). Tunisia since the Arab Conquest: The Saga of a Westernized Muslim State. Ithaca Press. p. 392.
- Satloff, Robert (30 October 2006). Among the Righteous. PublicAffairs. pp. 83–. ISBN 978-1-58648-534-4.
Then, in May 1941, the coastal city of Gabès was the scene of North Africa's worst wartime outburst of all, a threeday paroxysm of violence, pillage, and murder. What started with an attack by a gang of thirty Arabs on a synagogue, perhaps prompted by news of the demise of the shortlived proNazi regime in Iraq, deteriorated into a mass frenzy of violence that left eight Jews killed and twenty injured.
- "A betrayal by friends: Tunisia's forgotten 1941 pogrom".
- Gilbert, Martin (2010). In Ishmael's House: A History of Jews in Muslim Lands. Yale University Press. p. 334.
In May 1941 three days of anti-Jewish violence broke out in the Tunisian city of Gabes.
- Gerlach, Christian (March 14, 2016). The Extermination of the European Jews. Cambridge University Press. p. 343.
- Yad Vashem interview 3563297.
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