How did we get to Brazil

[Gerald Grundstein]

See if you can find a copy of this film. It tells explicitly how the Portuguese spread to the world as a result of the Inquisition. Jews went to Brazil since that expulsion. Your relations from Sokiryany may have had long standing contacts there. Keep in mind that Bessarabia was an Ottoman territory. The Ottomans facilitated the Jews resettlement in their territory when they were expelled from Spain and Portugal. These refugees formed the Dutch West Indies Company based in Amsterdam. They lobbied Peter Styversent to allow Jews into New Amsterdam from Portuguese Colonies in the Caribbean and Brazil. New Amsterdam was later known as New York.

 

 

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