Chronology of the exodus
of יהודים YEHUDIM from the
People's Democratic Republic of Algeria

This chronology brings together the persecution, communal responses, nationality rules and later testimony surrounding the exodus of יהודים YEHUDIM. The evidence assembled so far does not establish the full departure sequence, population changes or destinations. The earlier records concern the French departments of Algeria; the later nationality records concern the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria.

Background in the French departments of Algeria

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Attackers massacred יהודים YEHUDIM in Constantine.

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Background in the French departments of Algeria

Attackers massacred יהודים YEHUDIM in Constantine.

The first statute imposed ancestry-based exclusions from specified offices and professions.

The repeal removed the collective citizenship grant.

The archive describes a widow asking whether her sons remained French and could enter public employment.

The replacement statute enlarged the exclusions and provided for administrative internment in specified cases.

The archive identifies a decree extending the registration law to the French departments of Algeria.

A communal leader protested professional exclusion and its harm to patients.

A monthly administrative report recorded the reduction of the school quota for יהודים YEHUDIM from 14 percent to 7 percent.

The archive describes plans to return property seized from יהודים YEHUDIM and remove school restrictions.

The telegram reports a broadcast announcement that racial laws were being abrogated while further action remained necessary.

The institutional building record dates the attack and desecration of the Great Synagogue of Algiers.

Nationality in the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria

protest over nationality

Article 34 required two paternal-line ancestors born in the territory with Muslim status for its definition of nationality by origin.

The circular explains proof of nationality by origin through two paternal ascendants born in the territory and possessing Muslim personal status.

Later testimony and memory

The interview describes the lasting force of school and professional exclusion and other administrative violence.

The interview describes layered rejection and the speaker’s account that her mother received 24 hours to leave.

The publisher’s synopsis presents a memoir of childhood, departure and family memory.

The speaker recalls a teacher excluding her because she was a יהודי YEHUDI.

Attackers massacred יהודים YEHUDIM in Constantine.

The first statute imposed ancestry-based exclusions from specified offices and professions.

The repeal removed the collective citizenship grant.

The archive describes a widow asking whether her sons remained French and could enter public employment.

The replacement statute enlarged the exclusions and provided for administrative internment in specified cases.

The archive identifies a decree extending the registration law to the French departments of Algeria.

A communal leader protested professional exclusion and its harm to patients.

A monthly administrative report recorded the reduction of the school quota for יהודים YEHUDIM from 14 percent to 7 percent.

The archive describes plans to return property seized from יהודים YEHUDIM and remove school restrictions.

The telegram reports a broadcast announcement that racial laws were being abrogated while further action remained necessary.

The institutional building record dates the attack and desecration of the Great Synagogue of Algiers.

protest over nationality

Article 34 required two paternal-line ancestors born in the territory with Muslim status for its definition of nationality by origin.

The circular explains proof of nationality by origin through two paternal ascendants born in the territory and possessing Muslim personal status.

The interview describes the lasting force of school and professional exclusion and other administrative violence.

The interview describes layered rejection and the speaker’s account that her mother received 24 hours to leave.

The publisher’s synopsis presents a memoir of childhood, departure and family memory.

The speaker recalls a teacher excluding her because she was a יהודי YEHUDI.