On March 31, 1492, the Catholic monarchs of Spain — Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand — issued the Alhambra Decree, which ordered the expulsion of all practicing Jews. More than half of Spain’s Jews converted to Catholicism — many even before the Alhambra Decree — under the threat of torture and even death, or to avoid being expelled. The Hispanic-Jewish Foundation has erected a monument in the Spanish port of Cartagena to mark 530 years since the Alhambra Decree.
— Wikipedia and The Jerusalem Post
Quote: “The edict stated that ‘all Jews and Jewesses of whatever age they may be, who live, reside, and exist in our said kingdoms and lordships,’ must leave. Those who did not leave or convert to Christianity were sentenced to death. However, the king and queen considered the possibility that conversos were secretly continuing to practice Judaism. Approximately 300,000 Jews fled Spain or converted to Christianity in the end.”
–Wikipedia
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