Interesting History about Sosua
http://search.archives.jdc.org/mult...NY_AR_DORSA_00003/NY_AR_DORSA_00003_00262.pdf
http://search.archives.jdc.org/mult...NY_AR_DORSA_00003/NY_AR_DORSA_00003_00262.pdf
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Sosua History
ha ha, i thought the sameelectricity AND water!
quite interesting data in this document, including some numbers. i wonder whether pesos or dollars? and does it matter? i was told that for a long time 1 dollar was worth 1 peso, is that true?
Yes. Under Trujillo.
It stayed there until 1985. That year (October) I recall buying two packs of MonteCarlo cigarettes for one peso and fifty centavos. Two years later in 1987 those two packs cost a whole TWO PESOS FIFTY CENTAVOS! Wow!
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Yes. Dictators can do all sorts of things if they want to. Afterwards, according to popular wisdom, the controlling families were able to keep it there for a while. I only got a Cin economics in university so I can't say more than what I was aware of. There's a thread somewhere that deals with the economic upsets since 2008 and some people on that seemed to be very knowledgeable. I'll look for it later.
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http://www.dr1.com/forums/dr-debates/70825-recession-2008-impact-dr-213.html#post931118
Here it is. There's a chart attached showing the devalution over many years with explanations, some of which I can actually understand.
That thread BTW must be setting DR1 records for longevity and numbers of posts.
Here it is. There's a chart attached showing the devalution over many years with explanations, some of which I can actually understand.
That thread BTW must be setting DR1 records for longevity and numbers of posts.
The story of Sosua is truly amazing...and it puts some of the "heated" discussions here on DR1 into an interesting perspective...
If you're in Sosua or planning on going I HIGHLY recommend visiting the Jewish Museum...they have an awesome display of photos, documents and artifacts from the original settlers...
If you're in Sosua or planning on going I HIGHLY recommend visiting the Jewish Museum...they have an awesome display of photos, documents and artifacts from the original settlers...
In 1984 I got 7p to the dollar. 3p in 1980. Trujillista control of its stability sort of ended in Guzman's defeat of Balaguere in 1978 or 80, I forget which year.
Sosua's Jewish immigrants came as early as during WWII when the great liberal emancipator Franklin Roosevelt refused to let the "Exodus" ships land or even provision in US ports, but he reportedly forced Trujillo to take them in if he ever wanted to see his bordello in NYC again.
If you like cheese or yogurt, you can thank the CILCA Sosua cooperative for popularizing it in DR due to their industriousness.
If you like cheese or yogurt, you can thank the CILCA Sosua cooperative for popularizing it in DR due to their industriousness.
There are two very good books one is called Tropical Zion and I can't remember the second. When I get home I will post the second book. Both are great books and a must read.
With all the support they had from the Jewish Organization what happened with the Jewish settlers? Why didn't the Jewish community grow?
Actually, At the Evian conference which was hosted by Roosevelt to help with the flood of refuges flooding Europe out the The Third Reich, only the D.R. was willing to accept high number ( even though that many never got the visas) . This was done to help the world image of Trujillo after the Haitian massacre on the border.
Mr Hess used to talk sometimes about that, he preceded the Jewish influx and then came to Sosua to 'help out'. Apparently none of them were farmers and although some learned fast, many preferred to move on to other countires where they could go back to being whatever they were befoe Hitler interfered with their lives . . .
But Jewish features are still evident amongst the people of Sosua. I'd attach some images here, but I'm too lazy to learn how. Just look around though. Even some of the names I think . . . Guzzman sounds a bit jewish for example.
Try this for starters: The Dominican Republic's Haven for Jewish Refugees
But there are lots of other resources out there, most of them reasonably accurate.
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Guzm?n is a fairly common surname in Spain. It's not usually flagged as having Jewish origins though. It's said to be of Visigoth origin. I think the Sosua Jewish family names that are still around include Roth, Katz and Neumann.