Translation of
Pinkas ha-kehilot; Luv ; Tunisyah : entsiklopedyah shel ha-yishuvim ha-Yehudim
le-min hivasdam ve-'ad le-ahar Sho'at Milhemet ha-'Olam ha-Sheniyah
Edited by Irit Avramski-Bligh
Published by Yad Vashem
Published in Jerusalem 1997
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YAD VASHEM
The Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority
Jerusalem 1997
| Author(s) | Page(s) | ||
| Table of Contents | |||
| Foreword | Irit Abramski-Bligh, Maurice Roumani, Itzhak Avrahami | ||
| Acknowledgements | |||
| Selected Terms | |||
| Abbreviations of Names of Archives and Journals | |||
| The Jews of Libya and Tunisia in the History of North Africa (Historical Survey) | Irit Abramski-Bligh | 1 | |
| Part 1: The Complexity of the Sources | 2 | ||
| Part II: The Uniqueness of the Jewish Communities of Libya and Tunisia | 3 | ||
| Classical Era | 4 | ||
| Ottoman Period | 6 | ||
| The Period of Colonial Rule | 9 | ||
| During the Second World War | 14 | ||
| The Second World War as the Turning Point | 17 | ||
| Part III: The Small Communities | 18 | ||
| General Bibliography | 24 | ||
| The Communities of Libya | |||
| Tripoli | 29 | ||
| Ajdabiya | 186 | ||
| Amrus | 186 | ||
| Apollonia | 84 | ||
| Barce | 87 | ||
| Benghazi | 94 | ||
| Cyrene | 192 | ||
| Derna | 131 | ||
| Gharian | 125 | ||
| Iffren | 162 | ||
| Khoms | 156 | ||
| Messurata | 172 | ||
| Msellata | 168 | ||
| Nalout | 181 | ||
| Syrte | 182 | ||
| Tajura | 194 | ||
| Tarhuna | 201 | ||
| Tubruq | 198 | ||
| Zanzur | 154 | ||
| Zawia | 137 | ||
| Zliten | 147 | ||
| Zuara | 143 | ||
| The Communities of Tunisia | |||
| Tunis | 205 | ||
| Ain Draham | 450 | ||
| Beja | 280 | ||
| Ben Gardan | 301 | ||
| Beni Aissa | 306 | ||
| Beni Khaled | 305 | ||
| Beni Zelten | 305 | ||
| Bizerte | 289 | ||
| Bou Arada | 280 | ||
| Carthage | 481 | ||
| Degache | 344 | ||
| Djemmal | 318 | ||
| Djerba | 324 | ||
| Douz | 344 | ||
| Ebba Ksour | 273 | ||
| El-Hamma | 357 | ||
| El-Menchia | 414 | ||
| Enfidaville | 273 | ||
| Feriana | 451 | ||
| Ferryville | 451 | ||
| Gabes | 306 | ||
| Gafour | 318 | ||
| Gafsa | 318 | ||
| Ghardimaou | 344 | ||
| Grombalia | 344 | ||
| Hadjeb el-Ayoun | 351 | ||
| Hammam el-Lif | 363 | ||
| Hammamet | 362 | ||
| Kairouan | 469 | ||
| Kebili | 466 | ||
| La Chebba | 482 | ||
| La Goulette | 371 | ||
| La Manouba | 381 | ||
| La Marsa | 381 | ||
| L'Ariana | 274 | ||
| Le Bardo | 280 | ||
| Le Kef | 377 | ||
| Le Kram | 381 | ||
| Le Krib | 481 | ||
| Mahares | 401 | ||
| Mahdia | 395 | ||
| Maktar | 411 | ||
| Mateur | 384 | ||
| Matmata | 401 | ||
| Maxula Rades | 414 | ||
| Medenine | 391 | ||
| Medjez el-Bab | 390 | ||
| Megrine | 405 | ||
| Menzel Bou-Zelfa | 411 | ||
| Midoun | 405 | ||
| Moknine | 405 | ||
| Monastir | 411 | ||
| M'saken | 414 | ||
| Nabeul | 414 | ||
| Nefta | 424 | ||
| Philippe Thomas | 451 | ||
| Port du Fahs | 451 | ||
| Saint-Germain | 450 | ||
| Sbetla | 425 | ||
| Sidi Bou-Sa'id | 450 | ||
| Sidi Bou-Zid | 449 | ||
| Siliana | 450 | ||
| Smindja | 450 | ||
| Soliman | 428 | ||
| Souk el-Arba | 446 | ||
| Souk el-Khemis | 448 | ||
| Sousse | 431 | ||
| Sfax | 452 | ||
| Tabarka | 371 | ||
| Tamezret | 488 | ||
| Tataouine | 367 | ||
| Tebourba | 371 | ||
| Teboursouk | 483 | ||
| Testour | 489 | ||
| Thala | 482 | ||
| Toujane | 484 | ||
| Tozeur | 484 | ||
| Zaghouan | 344 | ||
| Zarzis | 346 | ||
| Zeraoua | 346 | ||
| Appendix I: List of Localities Populated by Individual Jews Only | 492 | ||
| Appendix II: Two Elegies in Memory of Libyan and Tunisian Communities Destroyed by the Almohads | 495 | ||
| Appendix III: Books Published in the Djerba Press (1912-1960) and the Communities that Helped Finance Them | 496 | ||
| Appendix IV: Jews of Tunisian Origin Who Were Transported from France to Extermination Camps | 499 | ||
| Index of Names | 503 | ||
| Index of Places | 527 | ||
| English Preface | VII | ||
| Maps | |||
| The Map of Libya & Tunisia in the Mediterranean Basin | Between pages 2 and 3 | ||
| The Map of Libya & Tunisia in the Mediterranean Basin | Between pages 28 and 29 | ||
| The Map of Tunisia | Between pages 204 and 205 | ||
| The Map of the City of Tunis & its Environment | Between pages 258 and 259 | ||
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