Wars, politics & history

1945 Cairo - Alexandria pogrom

from 2 November 1945 to 3 November 1945

Egyptian Nationalist Outbreak of Anti-Semitic Character as part of the wave of violence aimed at Jews in the Arab world. Jews were murdered and injured. Synagogues, Jewish school, nursing homes were burned and over 100 Jewish businesses were looted. It began on 2 November 1945 and lasted until 3 November 1945. The setting was Alexandria and Cairo. About 10 people died. Some 300 were injured.

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