Tunisia in 1940's - My Name is Alice book by Alice Muller

THIS MONTH MARKS THE VICTORY OF THE ALLIED FORCES AGAINST GERMAN FORCES IN TUNISIA. TUNISIA IS A COUNTRY THAT FIRST SAW JEWISH IMMIGRANTS AFTER THE DESTRUCTION OF THE FIRST TEMPLE, WHERE THE JEWS CARRIED THE DOOR OF THE TEMPLE THEY HAD SALVAGED AND CARRIED IT WITH THEM TO DJARBA, AND USED IT IN CONSTRUCTION OF THEIR SYNAGOGUE. JEWS LATER CAME FROM SEPHARDIC COUNTRIES WHICH THEY WERE FORCED TO ESCAPE. JEWS WERE MISTREATED BY THE CHRISTIANS WHO TOOK OVER THE COUNTRY. BUT THEN THE ARAB GOVERNMENT TOOK OVER, AND JEWS AND CHRISTIANS WERE CONSIDERED LOWER CLASS AND FORCED TO PAY A FINE TO LIVE THERE, BUT WERE OTHERWISE TREATED FAIRLY WELL. TUNISIA BECAME A FRENCH PROTECTORATE IN THE 1900S BUT IN 1940, THIS PROTECTORATE BECAME PART OF VICHY FRANCE. JEWS WERE MISTREATED. BUT IT WAS TOO DIFFICULT TO GET JEWS FROM TUNISA TO EUROPE AND ULTIMATE DESTRUCTION IN EXTERMINATION CAMPS THERE. THE GERMAN FORCES TOOK OVER IN NOVEMBER OF 1942. THEY TRIED TO BUILD CREMATORIA WITHIN TUNISIA BUT DID NOT SUCCEED BECAUSE OF THEIR PREOCCUPATION WITH STAYING IN CONTROL IN THE REGION. THE TUNISIAN JEWS WERE FORCED TO WEAR YELLOW STARS AND WERE FORCED INTO SLAVE LABOR. BUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE EUROPEA