The Shoah (1939–1945)
Forced labor requisitions in Sousse
1943·Sousse
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The Jews of Sousse were subject to the occupier's work duties on roads and airfields; those who resisted were threatened with deportation.
The Jews of Sousse are subjected to forced labor for the occupier on railways and airfields; those who refuse are threatened with deportation and their families with reprisals. The community must itself designate the men it sends, placing on its leaders a burden from which they will never recover. The worksites of Sousse are exposed to Allied bombing targeting military installations, and those conscripted there work without shelter.
- Period :
- The Shoah (1939–1945)
- Type :
- Shoah
- Region :
- Egypt and Maghreb
- Country :
- Tunisie
Mémorial de la Shoah, Paris ; Yad Vashem, base des communautés.