National Day in Remembrance of the Victims of the Inquisition

Approximately 1,000 Portuguese students from all over the country visited the Jewish Museum of Porto, on Wednesday to commemorate the National Memorial Day for the Victims of the Inquisition, the Porto Jewish community announced. Their visit included a recently inaugurated memorial bearing the names of hundreds of victims of the Inquisition, an event infamous for its persecution of Jews and Muslims in Spain, Portugal, and later, in Latin America. The students attended the event at the Jewish Museum of Porto, marking National Memorial Day.