80 years ago, Nazi Germany occupied Tunisia – but North Africans' experiences of World War II often go unheard
- Written by Sarah Abrevaya Stein, Professor of History, University of California, Los Angeles
German troops marching through Tunis in 1943.Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty ImagesEighty years ago, in November 1942, the Nazis occupied Tunisia. For the next six months, Tunisian Jews and Muslims were subjected to the Third Reich’s reign of terror, as well as its antisemitic and racist legislation. Residents lived in fear –...