Rapport hebdomadaire sur la situation politique et économique des indigènes dans la commune mixte de Takitount, 12 juin 1940
Description
This report mentions several pieces of information:
1. The morale of the population is good despite the seriousness of the military situation.
2. The entry into the war of Italy quickly spread and the indigenous population had feelings of increased hatred against this new adversary.
3. Letters from indigenous soldiers received from the front show good morale.
4. Constitution of a territorial guards section.
5. The economic situation remains normal.
Commune mixte in the French colonial period is a neighborhood managed by civil servants French, Arab (indigenous), and Jews.
The document can be consulted at the documentation center, Institut Ben-Zvi. Appointment required.