JERUSALEM POST
Kurdistan holds first memorial ceremony marking 70 years since Jewish expulsion
by Staff
December 4, 2015

The Jewish Affairs Directorate of the Kurdistan Region Government (KRG) marked the 70th anniversary of the expulsion of Kurdish Jews by the Baghdad central government earlier this week in the Kurdish regional capitol of Erbil. The expulsion of the Jews began in 1941 [before formation of State of Israel] and was carried out by the Iraqi Arab allies to the Nazi regime. The expulsion displaced 150,000 Jews from the region, resulting in the deaths of hundreds of Jewish people and causing injury to thousands more. Prominent dignitaries joined the memorial hosted by the Kurdish Regional Government Directorate of Jewish Affairs, a body dedicated to protecting the rights of Jews living in and visiting the KRG, restoring lost history, culture and places of worship, while pursuing reparations for the victims of the crimes of the Baghdad central government. READ MORE

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