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Letter from M. Ghighi about the enumeration of the Jewish and non-Jewish population, Oran, July 1, 1938

Date:

01.07.1938

Location:

אוראן, אלג'יר

Personality:

Bendjelloul, Ghighi

Keyword:

antisémitisme, recensement

Organization:

Journal Officiel de l'Algérie

Archive:

Aix-en-Provence

Folder Number:

AEP_16H_115_IMG_164

Description

In this letter, Mr. Ghighi, receiving the Official Journal of Algeria, reports on a debate in chapter 45 on the central statistical service: “Mr. Bendjelloul asks for the population counts to distinguish between” citizens of European origin and citizens of Israelite origin “. Ghighi underlines his incomprehension in the face of the response of the governor’s commissioner who declares that” the Administration will study this suggestion “, whereas the governor had made” disappear this classification as illegal as it is unfair, in the last census work of Algeria in 1937 “. Ghuighi points out in his letter that the answer should have been:” that French citizens are equal before the law and that all discrimination is illegal “.