Description

This document sent by General Giraud asks the question: “Can the native Israelites subscribe for the duration of the war under the same age conditions as the native Muslims. The answer, based on the order of the 14th March 1943, specifies that any distinction based on the quality of Jew is abolished. Indigenous Israelites can engage under the same conditions and training as indigenous Muslims. In addition, “it is provisionally admitted that Algerian Israelites who had acquired French citizenship, in application of the decree of October 23, 1870, have the same obligations and the same military rights as the French Israelites.