The Farhud: When the Mob Came After the Jews of Baghdad

Joseph Samuels was born in the Jewish quarter of the old city of Baghdad in December 1930. An Arabic speaker, he grew up believing that Baghdad was his home and Iraq his country. The Farhud, the anti-Jewish massacre that took place on June 1, 1941, during the Holocaust, shattered his belief. Samuels will discuss this ancient Jewish community and its demise, drawing on the experiences of his family and friends, as well as his own perspective as a boy. His story provides an Iraqi Jewish example of the plight of refugees in the 20th century as well as how Nazi antisemitism affected the world beyond Europe. Samuels' life journey is detailed in his autobiography, "Beyond the Rivers of Babylon: My journey of optimism and resilience in a turbulent century," written with Julie Fax. FREE and open to the public. This event takes place in Theatre II of the Memorial Union Building.

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