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1945 November 2, EGYPT

Riots took place on the anniversary of the Balfour Declaration. A mob broke into Cairo’s Jewish quarter, attacked Jewish shops, and desecrated synagogues. “The riots, which also spread to Alexandria and to the European community there, lasted two days. Six people were killed, five of whom were Jews, and 670 injured, 500 of them in Alexandria.




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