3 leaves, typescript on rectos only, on letterhead of Centro Israelita de Cuba. 33x21.5 cm (13x8½"). Rare listing of members of the Centro Israelite de Cub organization on the eve of Castro's revolution. There are 368 listed in all - the great majority are men. On the eve of the Cuban Revolution, the Jewish community was a prosperous, influential minority, which, had woven itself into the fabric of Cuban society as members of the affluent middle-class. When Castro came to power on January 1, 1959, the 15,000 Jews living in Cuba at the time, along with the general Cuban population, were hopeful that the Castro regime would finally bring an end to years of corruption. However, sweeping socialist reforms changed the country’s political and economic environment and resulted in a mass population exodus. By 1965 only 2,400 Jews remained in Cuba.
3 leaves, typescript on rectos only, on letterhead of Centro Israelita de Cuba. 33x21.5 cm (13x8½"). Rare listing of members of the Centro Israelite de Cub organization on the eve of Castro's revolution. There are 368 listed in all - the great majority are men. On the eve of the Cuban Revolution, the Jewish community was a prosperous, influential minority, which, had woven itself into the fabric of Cuban society as members of the affluent middle-class. When Castro came to power on January 1, 1959, the 15,000 Jews living in Cuba at the time, along with the general Cuban population, were hopeful that the Castro regime would finally bring an end to years of corruption. However, sweeping socialist reforms changed the country’s political and economic environment and resulted in a mass population exodus. By 1965 only 2,400 Jews remained in Cuba.
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