343:. Moncef Bey on the other hand was referred to as 'the Protector of the Jews' and made efforts to ensure that these decrees were not put into effect. He also refused to sign any other anti-Jewish decrees, including those requiring Jews to wear the yellow star, or to undertake forced labour, or to exclude Jews from certain activities. Between November 1942 and May 1943, while Axis troops occupied the country, he intervened repeatedly to protect his people, particularly the Jewish community, from their exactions.
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became acting
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After Lalla Traki's death in 1919 he married Lalla
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to allow free passage for Allied troops. Moncef Bey proclaimed
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was often referred to as 'the Bey of the French' and signed several decrees prepared by the Vichy regime which were detrimental to
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unlike other ruling members of his family, who were mostly buried in
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Moncef Bey with his ministers (left) and the princes (right)
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troops arrived in Tunisia on 19 November 1942 and the
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