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The Muslim Who Saved 250,000 Jews

JL;DR SUMMARY Sultan Mohammed V of Morocco played a crucial role in protecting the Jewish community during World War II by resisting Vichy France's attempts to implement Nazi racial laws in Morocco. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish HistoryHolocaustWorld War IiMoroccoJewish Muslim RelationsVichy FranceSultan Mohammed VMoroccan JewsJewish ProtectionNazi Resistance

Places mentioned

Morocco
"At the time, some 250,000 Jews lived in Morocco, most of whom were descendants of a community that had been there for more than 2,000 years."
Algeria
"Because much of Northern Africa was a French protectorate, all Jews there, including in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, were to be stripped of citizenship, removed from public positions, placed in forced-labor camps, segregated into ghettos and prepared for eventual deportation to death camps in Europe."
Tunisia
"Because much of Northern Africa was a French protectorate, all Jews there, including in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, were to be stripped of citizenship, removed from public positions, placed in forced-labor camps, segregated into ghettos and prepared for eventual deportation to death camps in Europe."
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