King Mohammed V is widely remembered for his role in securing Morocco’s independence from France and Spain.
Apart from his central role in Morocco’s independence, King Mohammed V is remembered for his unprecedented protection of Jews during World War II, from 1939 to 1945. When the Vichy government demanded that Mohammed V impose anti-Jewish legislation upon his people and deport the country’s 250,000 Jews to extermination camps in Europe, he responded, “There are no Jewish citizens, there are no Muslim citizens. They are all Moroccans.”
Source: Morocco World News . com
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