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SAN MARINO
During the 14th century, small communities of Jewish moneylenders established themselves in many of the independent communes of central and northern Italy. It is at this period that the first records of Jews appear in the tiny republic of San Marino. Jews appear in the records from time to time throughout the fifteenth century; and in large numbers from the early sixteenth century.
In 1938, San Marino followed Italy in enacting anti-Semitic ‘racial laws’. There were only a few Jewish families in the country at this time. These laws were repealed in 1943, when Italy surrendered to the allies and San Marino declared neutrality, and then, on 21 September 1944, declared war on Germany. San Marino became a place of refuge for thousands of Italians and Jews.
Today there is no Jewish community in San Marino, and no known physical traces of Jews or their history in the city.
Deutsch, Gotthard and Bernhardy, Amy A. 'San Marino', Jewish Encyclopedia, New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1905, 11, pp. 36-37.
Toaff, Ariel. 'San Marino', Encyclopaedia Judaica, Jerusalem: Keter, 1972, 14, p. 843.
(Updated 20 December 2007)
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