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What happened to the Jews in Libya

41 events, 73 AD to 1970 AD

Regions in Libya

Cities, towns and sites in Libya

Timeline

1st century

  1. 73 AD Massacre and executions of Cyrenean Jews after Jonathan's revolt · Cyrene, Libya

2nd century

  1. 115–117 AD Roman suppression of the Great Revolt in North Africa · North Africa (several countries) and elsewhere
  2. 117 AD Expulsion of Jews from Cyrenaica, Cyprus · Cyrenaica, Libya and elsewhere

5th century

  1. c. 500 AD Borion synagogue converted into a church by Justinian · Boreion, Libya

6th century

  1. 527–565 AD Forced conversion of the Jews of Boreion under Justinian · Boreion, Libya
  2. c. 527–567 AD Forced baptism of the Jewish community of Barion · Boreion, Libya

7th century

  1. 642 AD Anti-Jewish measures in Egypt, Cyrenaica, Tripolitania · Egypt and elsewhere

16th century

  1. 1588–1589 AD Forced conversions of Libyan Jews during the mahdi's revolt · Libya

19th century

  1. 1897 AD Violence against Jews in Tripolitania · Tripolitania, Libya

20th century

  1. 1909 AD Ottoman soldiers loot and attack Jews during Benghazi bazaar fire · Benghazi, Libya
  2. 1936 AD Italian fascist measures against Libyan Jews, forced Sabbath trading · Tripoli, Libya
  3. 1936 AD Jewish pupils expelled from Italian high schools in Libya · Tripoli, Libya
  4. 1938 AD Italian anti-Jewish racial legislation in Libya · Libya
  5. 1938 AD Italian racial laws applied to Jews of Benghazi · Benghazi, Libya
  6. 1938 AD Italian racial laws bar Libyan Jews from state schools · Libya
  7. 1939 AD Ha-Tiqvah Hebrew school closed and Ben Yehuda Association disbanded · Tripoli, Libya
  8. 1939 AD Jewish private high school in Tripoli forced to close · Tripoli, Libya
  9. 1941 AD Assault on the Jews of Benghazi · Benghazi, Libya
  10. 1941 AD Attacks on Jews of Benghazi on Italian recapture · Benghazi, Libya
  11. 1941 AD Discriminatory measures by Italian governor of Tripoli · Tripoli, Libya
  12. 1942 AD Exile of French and British national Jews from Libya · Libya
  13. 1942 AD Jews of Benghazi are attacked · Benghazi, Libya
  14. 1942 AD Libyan Jews sent to Giado forced-labor camp · Jadu (Giado), Libya
  15. 1942 AD Plunder of Jewish shops in Benghazi · Benghazi, Libya
  16. 1942 AD Property declaration and forced labor for Tripoli Jews · Tripoli, Libya
  17. 1942 AD Tripoli Jews deported to Libyan labor sites · Tripoli, Libya
  18. 1942–1943 AD Deportation of Benghazi Jews to Giado · Benghazi, Libya
  19. 1945 AD 1945 Tripoli pogrom · Tripoli, Libya
  20. 1945 AD Anti-Jewish riots in Tripoli and nearby towns · Tripoli, Libya
  21. 1945 AD Anti-Jewish riots in Tripolitania, November 1945 · Tripoli, Libya
  22. 1948 AD 1948 Anti-Jewish riots in Tripolitania · Tripolitania, Libya
  23. 1948 AD Anti-Jewish violence in Benghazi, June 1948 · Benghazi, Libya
  24. 1948 AD June 1948 pogroms in Libya · Tripoli, Libya
  25. c. 1949 AD Anti-Jewish outbursts as Libyan independence is announced · Libya
  26. 1952 AD Ban on return of Libyan Jews who visited Israel · Libya
  27. 1953 AD Closure of the Maccabi club · Libya
  28. 1967 AD 1967 Tripoli pogrom · Tripoli, Libya
  29. 1967 AD Anti-Jewish riots after the Six-Day War · Libya
  30. 1967 AD Pogrom in Libya · Libya
  31. 1969 AD Remaining Jews concentrated in a camp in Tripoli · Tripoli, Libya
  32. 1970 AD Nationalization of Jewish property in Libya · Libya

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