8th to 10th of November 1942 : When the Allied Forces landed in Morocco targeting Casablanca. In November 1942, amid the Second World War, Allied forces planned an Anglo-American invasion of North Africa, targeting Morocco, Algeria, controlled by the French back then. Unlike expectations, from the 8th to the 10th of November,
By Fatima Zohra Bouaziz Casablanca, Morocco, Nov 8 (EFE).- Eighty years ago, 202 United States ships managed to sneak across the Atlantic Ocean to Morocco’s Casablanca without being spotted by Nazi forces, marking the start of Operation Torch, an assault that kicked the Germans out of North African front during World War II. Around 33,000 …
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 treated the Jews
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.