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FDR, the Nazis, and the Jews of Morocco: A troubling episode FDR, the Nazis, and the Jews of Morocco: A troubling episode Increased public interest in the history of North African Jewry is a welcome byproduct of Israeli-Moroccan normalization, but the less pleasant side of that history must not be glossed over. (December 21, 2020 / Jewish Journal) The normalization of relations between Israel and Morocco, and the U.S. recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over the disputed Western Sahara, have stirred interest in the history of Morocco’s Jews, including during the Holocaust years. Unfortunately, somepundits, in their enthusiasm over these developments, have misleadingly portrayed the Allied liberation of North Africa in 1942 as the simultaneous liberation of the region’s Jews from their Nazi and Vichyite persecutors. That narrative papers over the harsh reality of what happened after the Allies’ victory. The full story of how President Franklin D. Roosevelt tr ....
FDR, the Nazis, and the Jews of Morocco: a Troubling Episode The normalization of relations between Israel and Morocco and the U.S. recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over the disputed Western Sahara have stirred interest in the history of Morocco’s Jews, including during the Holocaust years. Unfortunately, somepundits, in their enthusiasm over these developments, have misleadingly portrayed the Allied liberation of North Africa in 1942 as the simultaneous liberation of the region’s Jews from their Nazi and Vichyite persecutors. That narrative papers over the harsh reality of what happened after the Allies’ victory. The full story of how President Franklin D. Roosevelt treated the Jews in Morocco and elsewhere in North Africa is a deeply troubling chapter in his administration’s history. ....