Muslim rioters attacked Algeria’s Jewish community during the 1960 demonstrations

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

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the theme of decolonization targeting Jewish minority communities across North Africa, echoing patterns in Morocco and Tunisia. — connects to: F.L.N. mobs directed December 1960 violence against Algiers’ Jewish community.; December 1960’s riots shattered three founding myths of French Algeria; The January 1960 Algiers uprising was premeditated, not spontaneous — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1091 (+4 more)

Related

• F.L.N. mobs directed December 1960 violence against Algiers’ Jewish community. (similarity 0.96)
• December 1960’s riots shattered three founding myths of French Algeria (similarity 0.85)
• The F.L.N. pressured Algerian Jews through terrorism and economic sanctions to declare loyalty. (similarity 0.78)
• The F.L.N. coerced Algeria’s Jews through terrorism and economic sanctions (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• The F.L.N. coerced Algeria’s Jews through terrorism and economic sanctions #corroborates (0.50)