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BEIJING, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- The first 12 volumes of the compilation of important literature of the Communist Party of China (CPC) have been published by the Peo

JERUSALEM (CNS) -- Rare documentation of the Portuguese Inquisition with detailed information about the sentencing trials which took place 500 years ago have been digitized for the first time in the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People Jerusalem's National Library of Israel. The documents include printed versions of sermons preached by two priests at the end of the trials they presided over and a bound 60-page manuscript from the 18th-century that documents the first 130 years

The 60-page document lists the dates and locations of autos-da-fé along with the number of victims at each trial. 

Nearly 500 years after the Portuguese Inquisition began, rare documentation of its proceedings and victims has been discovered in the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People at Jerusalem's National Library of Israel and digitized for the first time. The 60-page manuscript, penned in the 18th century, documents the first 130 years of…

The archive contains the then-200,000-strong Jewish community’s filings as they attempted to get visas and flee Austria before World War II began.