Lyautey Hubert

The origin of the Jews of Mogador (1760-1945)

Ben Azaraf Archive, Yad Ben-Zvi, Jerusalem. Box ??, file 31, documents ??
Undated and unsigned (P.O.?) 22 pages document about the history of the Jews of Mogador since 1760 until 1945. The document is a detailed description of the economical, political, administrative and judicial situation of the Jews of Mogador during this period. The author provides many informations concerning the relations between the Muslims and the Jews, as well on the European influences on the Jews, and lastly on the two World Wars (with a list of the Jews of Mogador who joined the army during WWII). 

The story of the pilote Max Guedj

Ben Azaraf Archive, Yad Ben-Zvi, Jerusalem. Box 3, file 20, documents 11-19.Undated and unsigned document on the story of Max Guedj, a Moroccan Jewish pilote in the RAF and his excellence during the war and in the civil life (Attorney at Casablanca until his death during a battle.)  The document was sent to Rafael Ben Azaraf in 1945.

Municipal commissions and the Jews after the war

Ben Azaraf Archive, Yad Ben-Zvi, Jerusalem. Box 3, file 22, documents 28-35.
Draft article, dated from 1944, Casablanca, with no signature, sent by Raphael Ben Azaraf  for publication in the "Bulletin de la Fédération des Sociétés Juives d'Algérie" in Algiers. The article discusses the representation of Jews in urban commissions (numbers per city) in Morocco, following the war and the changes since the end of it.  

מעמד היהודים ואנטישמיות במרוקו במלחמת העולם השנייה

Ben Azaraf Archive, Yad Ben-Zvi, Jerusalem. File 18, documents 1-67.
The first document is a letter dated 4.2.1982, from Rafael Ben Azaraf, Paris, to Dr. Michael Laskier, Tel Aviv. The letter refers to the mailing of a detailed study (66 pages, the second document) written by Ben Azaraf in 1943 on antisemitism in Morocco.

Evénements de Casablanca et interview avec Pierre Parent

Ben Azaraf Archive, Yad Ben-Zvi, Jerusalem. File 19, documents 55-90.
The first document (pp. 180-195) is undated, by Francis Jeanson, on the events of Casablanca in the Moroccan press concerning the conflicts between the local police and the Moroccan labor unions.The second document (pp, 196-213) is an interview with Pierre Parent on the WW2 and on the colonial situation in Morocco.