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Letter from US Gen. Patton to Gen. Eisenhower, November 22nd, 1942

Letter from US General Patton to Eisenhower, Dated 22 November 1942
The letter from General Patton to General Eisenhower deals many different issues:
 
- The relations with French Officials such as General Giraud and General Lahoulle (France Air Force Commander).   
 
- The relations between the Arab and Jewish communities in Morocco. Tensions     have reached a head and he fears violence will ensue. the remarks on this topic are written in Gen. Patton hand write since his stenographer is Jewish.  
 

"Jewish forced labor continues"

Bad Arolsen Archive (Its North Africa 022011) PP:  82002702-82202703
Report from December 9th 1943.
Section 2: The Jewish work is on schedule. Italian Console objects to the recruitment of  Jews with Italian Citizenship as Forced labour.
Section 3: The Tunis Journal is doing its part in the fight against Bolshevism, Judaism, Anglo-American, and French traitors.    

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1942-1943 Jews in North Africa

 

American Jewish Year Book pages 439-443. Report on the Jews Libya,  1942-1943.
report review the judicial conduct of the French authorities towards Jews in countries under French protectorates in North Africa. The anti-Jewish Tendency's led by Vichy Generals during the war and the positive change after the liberation.            

European Jewish refugees in North Africa

American Jewish Year Book pages 256-258 from 1943. The report review on the  European Jewish refugees who arrived to North Africa during WWII. The refugees were imprison in vireos camps (Ain El-Ouraq, Morocco). some of the refugees worked on the Trans Saharan railway and after the liberation for the allies forces. there's a specific remark on a Hunger strike taken by Jews (German-Austrian) who protested the rough conditions and the right to immigrate