F.L.N. mobs directed December 1960 violence against Algiers’ Jewish community.

Evidence

On the 12th the F.L.N.-impelled mobs extended the scope of their operations to sack the Great Synagogue in the heart of the Casbah which had been built during the reign of Napoleon III and was one of the most important houses of Jewish worship in Algeria. The beautiful building was gutted, the Torah scrolls ripped and desecrated, the walls inscribed with swastikas and slogans of “Death to the Jews”. Several Jewish officials were kidnapped and assassinated in a series of acts of violence which fell on the Jewish community like a thunderbolt. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1311 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Muslim rioters attacked Algeria’s Jewish community during the 1960 demonstrations — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1311

Related

• Muslim rioters attacked Algeria’s Jewish community during the 1960 demonstrations (similarity 0.96)
• December 1960’s riots shattered three founding myths of French Algeria (similarity 0.84)
• The F.L.N.’s planned December demonstration exploded far beyond organizers’ expectations. (similarity 0.81)
• The 1961 riots proved the F.L.N. controlled most of the population (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Muslim rioters attacked Algeria’s Jewish community during the 1960 demonstrations #corroborates (0.75) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1311