Anti-Semitic Propaganda – Commune mixte of Khenchela – Department of Constantine – Algeria – 10
Date:
04.08.1933
Location:
ח'נשלה, קונסטנטין
Keyword:
אנטישמיות
Archive:
Aix-en-Provence
Folder Number:
AEP_B3_249_250 to AEP_B3_249_256
Description
Draft letter dated 04.08.1933 from the Prefect of Constantine to the Governor-general of Algeria regarding anti-Semitic leaflets posted in the region on July 10-11, 1933.
The prefect resumes the case.
The document deals with the case of anti-Semitic leaflets posted in the commune mixte of Khenchela calling for a boycott of Jewish shops. The leaflets publication began after an incident between Jews and Muslims in the commune. An investigation was lead by the French administration on this anti-Semitic propaganda. The evidence showed that the leaflets event remained local and did not spread outside Khenchela neighborhood.
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.
