PDF-[BOOK]-The Jews of the Middle East and North Africa: The Impact of World War II

Incorporating published and archival material this volume fills an important gap in the history of the Jewish experience during World War II describing how the war affected Jews living along the southern rim of the Mediterranean and the Levant from Morocco to IranSurviving the Nazi slaughter did not mean that Jews living in the Middle East and North Africa were unaffected by the war there was constant antiSemitic propaganda and general economic deprivation communities were bombed and Jews suffered because of the antiSemitic Vichy regulations that left them unemployed homeless and subject to forced labor and deportation to labor camps Nevertheless they fought for the Allies and assisted the Americans and the British in the invasion of North Africa These men and women were community leaders and average people who despite their dire economic circumstances worked with the refugees attempting to escape the Nazis via North Africa Turkey or Iran and connected with international aid agencies during and after the war By 1945 no Jewish community had been left untouched and many were financially decimated a situation that would have serious repercussions on the future of Jews in the regionCovering the entire Middle East and North Africa region this book on World War II is a key resource for students scholars and general readers interested in Jewish history World War II and Middle East history. Historical Understandings. Ottoman Empire (1914). Controlled much of present day Middle East. . from 1300’s until end of World War I. Istanbul was capital . Weakened because of ruling vast land. Took German side in World War I. Or…. Europe Really Screwed up, So Why . N. ot . L. et America Try?. Writing into the Day. Why do you think the State of Israel was created? Should the State of Israel have been created? Justify your answer.. World War . Looms. Rise of the Dictators. Germany- Adolf Hitler. Italy- Benito Mussolini. Soviet Union- Joseph Stalin. Japan- Military leaders take control. World does not respond to these dictators. Written by: Bruce . Feiler. Reviewed by: Scott Berlin. Citation . Feiler. , B. S. (2011). Generation freedom: the Middle East uprisings and the remaking of the modern world. New York: Harper Perennial.. SS7H2a: Explain how European partitioning in the Middle East after the breakup of the Ottoman Empire led to regional conflict.. SS7H2b: Explain the historical reasons for establishment of the modern State of Israel in 1948; include the Jewish connection to the land, the Holocaust, anti-Semitism, and Zionism in Europe.. The Middle East After 1919. The Middle East in WWI: The Ottoman Empire. Ottomans fought with Germany and Austria Hungary. Challenge British control of the Suez canal & their colonies. Regain territory lost to Nationalist groups in the Balkans. Yaelis Avila. History. January 28, 2013. The Rise of Aksum. 2 main cities = Aksum (capital) & . Adulis. (Red Sea Port). Ethiopian highlands . . coastal plan of the Red Sea. Region suited for agriculture. Cross-Literary Encounters. Dr. Sevi. nç. T. ü. rkkan. Department of Engl. ish. Talking about . difference. :. Gaytari Spivak, scholar and writer: . Outside in the Teaching Machine (1993). Orhan Pamuk, the Turkish Nobel Prize winner and author of . Rift Valleys. Rift valleys. are places where Earth’s crust stretches until it breaks.. A series of rift valleys stretches from north to south across the center of East Africa.. The . Great Rift Valley. Middle East After WWI. The Ottoman Empire after WWI was divided between France and Great Britain – essentially becoming colonies under the . Mandate . System. . (*question on final about this!). It is during this period that . East Africa. Sudan, south . sudan. , Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, . kenya. , Uganda Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, and . djibouti. Great Rift System. The Great Rift Valley is a series of large valleys and depressions on Earth’s surface. Eventually it will be filled in by the Red Sea and Eastern Africa will no longer be attached to the rest of Africa. . Case for Culture: North East England Why Bother? http://vimeo.com/70425310 ‘ the importance of… a varied cultural offering. ( Oecd ) studies have shown that innovators and entrepreneurs are attracted to work in creative and The middle east is a region of the world that includes parts of southwestern Asia and Egypt.. It is generally considered a really hot and desert like climate. There are some fertile lands in the form of Nile, Tigris and Euphrates rivers . GUIDELINES FOR APPLICANTS FOR THE AOTRAUMA MIDDLE EAST AND NORTHERN AFRICA 1 The AOTrauma Middle East and Northern Africa AOTMENA Research Grants are funded by the TMENARegion of the AO Foundation a S