1947 Aleppo pogrom

The pogrom of Aleppo were attacks of Muslim populations in Syria against the Jews of Aleppo in December 1947, which led to the death of about 75 Jewish citizens of the city, the destruction of numerous homes and expulsion to a shaft.

The attack was part of a wave of spreading Judaism in the Islamic countries and came in response to the decision of the United Nations to partition Palestine, which led to unrest throughout the Middle East and North Africa. The event resulted in the death of 8-75 Jews and to the injury of hundreds more. Following this, had to give up their home about half of the Jewish population of the once cosmopolitan, multi-religious city.

Background and procedure

The Jewish population of Aleppo was under the rule of the Ottoman Empire 1853-1875 due to pogroms and expulsions sharply. Since then, there have been no noticeably larger riots.

When the United Nations decided on 29 November 1947 for the partition of Palestine, rioted the Muslim population in Aleppo against the Jewish community of the city, which at that time had about 10,000 members. While the exact number of deaths is still unknown, rank the estimates of deaths from 8 to 75 Several hundreds were wounded. Ten synagogues, five schools, an orphanage and a youth club, a number of Jewish shops and 150 Jewish homes and apartments were destroyed and set on fire. The property damage amounted to a value of more than 2.5 million U.S. $. The Jewish community then declined sharply and a short time later, about half of the Jewish population was expelled. During the pogrom of the Codex of Aleppo was damaged and lost.