Anti-Semitic Race Laws Research Paper

Anti-Semitic race laws were assimilated into the Statute Books of France and its protectorates in 1940. During this time a French protectorate had been established in Tunisia. These anti-Semetic race laws were made possible by the defeat of “France led by the German puppet regime of Vichy.” In October of 1942, subsequent to the Allied victory at Alamein, the German forces were ordered to invade Tunisia. As a result of the German troops being garrisoned into Tunisia, 90,000 Jews were shepherd into their supremacy. “The Germans immediately abolished all the communal organisations and mandated all Jews to wear the yellow Star of David on their clothing. 5,000 young Jews were taken into forced labour camps; a fine of twenty million francs was levied on the community as a whole; bank accounts were expropriated and valuables confiscated.” The malice and spite of Jews also lead to over 5,000 young Jews being taken into forced labor camps. Mercifully, In March of 1943 the Germans were forced to evacuate the country before they could completely exterminate the Jewish population. With the ending of German control, the rights of the Jews were restored. Although the occupancy of the Germans only lasted six months, the pain and damage was blatant and indisputable. Despite the short period of occupation, the condition in which the Germans left Tunisia was horrific and took generation before the scars could begin to heal. …show more content…
Peaking at 105,000 with over 60% in Tunis alone, along with hundreds of rabbis and synagogues. A multitude of Jewish newspapers appeared, along with a significant number of Jewish student graduating from universities and entering a wide spectrum of