Tripoli pogrom in 1948

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The Tripoli pogrom of 1948 was initiated by Muslim Libyans against the Jewish community of the capital Tripoli and its surroundings in June 1948.

It resulted in the death of at least 13 Jewish residents of the capital, dozens more injuries and the destruction of at least 280 Jewish houses and apartments.

background

The Jews of Libya already suffered during the Second World War under the rule of the Muslim Association of Lictor as Libya part of the colonial area Italian Libya was difficult under various pogroms of the Axis powers , to whom there are many Muslim residents of Libya involved. Shortly after the end of the war, when Libya fell under American, British and French occupation, numerous Jews perished in the Tripoli pogrom in 1945 .

Course of the pogrom

The pogrom was a result of the anti-Jewish attitude that spread throughout the Arab world after 1945 , as the National Socialist propaganda also had an impact in large parts of the Islamic world and, especially in the context of the Arab-Israeli conflict, agitated large parts of the population. On June 12, Muslim mobs attacked the Jewish quarter in Tripoli. This time , unlike in the Tripoli pogrom in 1945 , the Tripolitan Jewish Community had prepared itself for defense. Jewish self-defense units fought against Muslim rebels and thereby prevented further deaths. Given that they were repulsed by the Jewish self-defense units, the Muslim mobs turned against undefended neighborhoods outside the city center, murdering 13-14 Jews and seriously injuring more than 22 others. There was also looting and expensive property damage, which left around 300 Jewish families destitute and led to their impoverishment. Jews in the nationwide area as well as in Benghazi have been the target of additional attacks.

Aftermath

The insecurity that increased as a result of the anti-Jewish attacks meant that many Jewish families had to give up their Libyan homeland and were forced to emigrate. The emigration, which was driven by the Tripoli pogrom in 1945, now turned into a so-called "refugee flood" with the end of the Arab-Israeli War of 1948 . From 1948 to 1951, and especially after immigration became legal in 1949, up to 30,972 Jews emigrated from Libya to Israel , which achieved independence from Great Britain .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Shields, Jacqueline: Jewish Refugees from Arab Countries in the "Jüdisch-Virtuelle Bücherei".
  2. ↑ a b c Frontpagemag archive ( Memento from March 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Selent , pp. 20-21.
  4. ^ History of the Jewish Community in Libya ( Memento from March 1, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) ". Retrieved July 1, 2006.