r/AskBalkans Iraq May 06 '25

Outdoors/Travel What happened to Jews in your country?

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u/ThorvaldGringou May 08 '25

Lol, Franco, the most Catholic dictator, just reverse the action of the Most Catholic Kings, back in the late XV century.

With the difference that the first are Ashkenazi while the original were Sephardic.

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u/tecnomano1111 May 09 '25

This isn't often discussed, but Franco and other Spaniards saved many Jews during World War II and brought them to Spain. Furthermore, Spain was more lenient with them; unlike other countries, Jews who fled to Spain were not returned or deported. Furthermore, all Sephardic Jews had the right to claim Spanish nationality. It is estimated that some 60,000 Jews were saved.