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Jews in the Dominican Republic History by ronal_sanchez6015 is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The Jews of the Dominican Republic have a long history dating back to the 15th century when Sephardic Jews fled Spain and settled on the Spanish side of the island of Hispaniola, which later became the Dominican Republic. In the 19th century, more Jews from places like Curaçao settled in Hispaniola. During World War II, the Dominican Republic offered refuge to Jewish refugees and helped settle over 700 European Jews in the town of Sosúa. At its peak in 1943, the Jewish population in the Dominican Republic r
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