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Portugal
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The Inquisition and the Jews: Conversos, Crypto-Jews, and Survival
The story of the Spanish and Portuguese Inquisitions — forced conversion, crypto-Judaism, auto-da-fé, and the remarkable survival of secret Jewish communities across five centuries.
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Crypto-Jews: The Hidden Heritage of Secret Judaism
For five centuries, families descended from forced converts secretly maintained Jewish practices — lighting candles in cellars, avoiding pork, reciting half-remembered prayers. Now their descendants are coming home.
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