Oujda & Djerada Victims

June the 7th and the 8th 1948:
Riots in Oujda and Jérada (Morocco)
Index Prepared by Mathilde Tagger
The independent State of Israel had been established three weeks earlier on May 14th, 1948. Finally a homeland for the Jewish people! In the Gola we all were happy although very much worried for our brothers in the Holy Land who were fighting against seven Arab countries that declared war against the new nation.
On the morning of June the 7th, 1948, a riot broke out against the Jews in Oujda (Morocco), a city in the north-east of the country close to the border with Algeria. Five Jews were killed and many wounded. This was not enough for the bloodthirsty horde of rioters. The following day, June 8th the hate filled rioting spread to the small mining village of Jerada, 60 km south west of Oujda. There, the Jewish community numbered some 100 souls. What a horrible massacre! 38 human beings were slaughtered, sometimes entire families. Many, left as dead, were severely wounded. The number of wounded people exceeded one hundred. Killing was not enough: material damages were severe especially in Oujda. In both localities the police forces arrived so late that they could only note the damages. According to the historians Haim Saadoun and Yaron Tsour and others, several factors led to the outbreak of riots:

1. The feeling of brotherhood towards the Palestinian people;
2. The huge progress made by the local nationalist movement of independence;
3. The fact that hundreds of young Jews were illegally leaving Morocco and crossing the border between Morocco and Algeria, close to Oujda en route towards France and Israel;
4. The speech given by Morocco Sultan, Mohamed V, in which he expressed concern about Morocco's Palestinian Arab brothers, although emphasizing Moroccan Jews' loyalty to Morocco. He ended by calling for countrywide calm. Unfortunately, many listeners only heard the first part of his speech

I was unable to find the victims' names anywhere, till Rabbi Eliahou Marciano suggested to look in the rabbinical book 'And Solomon awoke', with funeral orations listing the riot victims' names read out during the eulogies. This transcribed list the Oujda and Jerada riot victim names is a humble tribute to their memories as well as a reminder of their annihilation.

Surname	Given name	Family Relation	Pogrom Place	Notes
Assaban	Eliahou		Oujda
Azoulai	Mimoun		Oujda
Ben Mamon	Yehye		Oujda
Cohen	Aisha	Mother os R'Moshe z"l"	Jérada	One of six slaughtered family members
Cohen	Aisha	Wife of R'Moshe z"l	Jérada	33 years old One of six slaughtered family members
Cohen	David	Son of Yitzhak	Jérada
Cohen	Efraim	Son of R"Moshe z"l & Aisha z"l	Jérada	13 years old at the eve of his Bar-Mitzva; One of six slaughtered family members
Cohen	Eliahu	Son of David	Jérada
Cohen	Fortune	Daughter of R"Moshe z"l & Aisha z"l	Jérada	6 years old; One of six slaughtered family members
Cohen	Maha	Daughter of Eliahu and Sauda z"l	Jérada	One of three slaughtered family members
Cohen	Meha	Mother of Shmuel Mareli z"l	Jérada	One of two slaughtered family members
Cohen	Meir	Son of Eliahu and Sauda z"l	Jérada	One of three slaughtered family members
Cohen	Moshe	Son of Aisha z"l	Jérada	38 years old Rabbi & Shohet; one of six slaughtered family members
Cohen	Nuna	Daughter of Aharon	Jérada
Cohen	Sauda	Wife of Eliahu	Jérada	One of three slaughtered family members
Cohen	Sauda	Daughter of Shlomo	Jérada	One of two slaughtered family members
Cohen	Shimon	Son of Abraham	Jérada
Cohen	Simha	Daughter of R"Moshe z"l & Aisha z"l	Jérada	1 year old, still breast-feeding; One of six slaughtered family members
Cohen	Yitzhak	Son of Shlomo and Sauda z"l	Jérada	One of two slaughtered family members
Dayan	Messod		Oujda	Old man
Edery	Shemtov		Jérada
Malca	Nuna	Wife of Shlomo z"l	Jérada	One of four slaughtered family members
Malca	Shalom	Son o Shlomo z"l and Nuna z"l	Jérada	One of four slaughtered family members
Malca	Shimon	Son o Shlomo z"l and Nuna z"l	Jérada	One of four slaughtered family members
Malca	Shlomo	Famly head	Jérada	One of four slaughtered family members
Marciano	Sauda	Daughter of Moshe and Sultana z"l	Jérada	One of four slaughtered family members
Marciano	Shlilam	Head of family	Jérada	One of four slaughtered family members
Marciano	Sultana	Wife of Moshe son of Shlilam z"l	Jérada	One of four slaughtered family members
Marciano	Yaakov	Son of Moshe and Sultana z"l	Jérada	One of four slaughtered family members
Mareli	Maha	Wife of Meir z"l	Jérada	One of three slaughtered family members
Mareli	Mazaltov	Daughter of Meir z'l and Maha z"l	Jérada	One of three slaughtered family members
Mareli	Meir	Head of family	Jérada	One of three slaughtered family members
Mareli	Shmuel	Son of Meha Cohen z"l	Jérada	One of two slaughtered family members
Saadon	Eliahu	Son of Yitzhak	Jérada
Teboul	Amram	Son of Semaya z"l	Jérada	One of two slaughtered family members
Teboul	Shemaya	Father of Amram z"l	Jérada	One of two slaughtered family members
Unknown	Moshe	Son-in-law of Medioni	Jérada
Unknown	Sylvain		Jérada	From Algeria
Unknown			Jérada	Worker of Shemaya Teboul z"l
Unknown			Jérada	Worker of Shemaya Teboul z"l