The Shoah (1939–1945)
Requisitions and hostages in Sfax
1943·Sfax
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The community of Sfax must provide workers and pay its share of the collective fine; notables are held back until payment.
The community of Sfax must provide workers and pay its share of the collective fine imposed on the Jews of the country. Notables are held until payment is made, and the families' jewelry is gathered to complete the sum. The requisitioned men work to clear the port and roads under bombardment. Sfax, the country's second city, paid heavily during the months of occupation, and its community emerged from the ordeal impoverished before even knowing its end.
- Period :
- The Shoah (1939–1945)
- Type :
- Shoah
- Region :
- Egypt and Maghreb
- Country :
- Tunisie
Mémorial de la Shoah, Paris ; Yad Vashem, base des communautés.