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Source: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/culture/article-855646
Video: The 2,000 Kidnapped Jewish Children
(Jerusalem Post) Hannah Brown - In 1492, the Jews of Spain were given just weeks to convert to Christianity or flee. Over 100,000 sought shelter in Portugal, where they were met with more cruelty and oppression. This 30-minute documentary film focuses on 2,000 Jewish children, aged eight and under, who were seized by order of King Joao II of Portugal in 1493. After their families were unable to pay the high ransom demanded by the Portuguese crown, the children were forcibly converted and deported to the uninhabited and crocodile-infested island of Sao Tome in the Gulf of Guinea, 7,500 km. from home.