Release of a film on the 1506 massacre of 3000 Jews in Lisbon: pogroms do not happen in a vacuum ejpress.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ejpress.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The film shows how the community was shaken by the news that there were descendants of Jews in Portuguese villages who still practiced Jewish rituals mixed with Catholicism, known as Marranos.
Less known than Alfred Dreyfus, the story of Barros Basto also deals with desire to maintain Jewish faith and the sacrifices one must pay for it - another sad example of 19th century European antisemitism