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life STORIES
of Forcibly Converted Jews
Who Returned to Judaism

For hundreds of years fear of the Inquisition
meant Judaism had to be practised in secret.

A few of their stories are told below

Today, family customs are being investigated,
and families discovering they are Jewish.

CLICK ON A LINK BELOW TO READ THEIR STORY

p a s t c e n t u r i e s

Antonio Jose da Silva (1705 - 1739)
Brazilian Playwrite and the Inquisition

Dona Gracia Mendes (1510? - 1569)
One of the most remarkable women in Jewish history

Antonio Carvajal (1590 - 1659)
First Naturalised British Jew

Sevilla and Nunez
(15th/17th Century) Mexico

Rodrigo Lopez (1525 - 1594)
Physician to Queen Elizabeth
possibly used by Shakespeare as model for Shylock

Dr Eliahu da Luna Montalto (? - 1616)
Personal Physician to Marie de Medici

Michel de Montaigne (1533 - 1592)
French philosopher

Dr Castro Sarmento (1691 - 1762)
one of the first Jews to be admitted
to the Royal College of Physicians

David Senior Coronel (1575 - 1676)
Descendent of Abraham Senior

Rabbi de Fonseca (1605 - 1693)
First Rabbi in Brazil

Maldonido da Silva ( - 1639)
Inquisition trial in Concepcion de Chile, 1626-1639