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Source: http://www.jcpa.org/phas/phas-vilhjalmur-f04.htm
Iceland, the Jews, and Anti-Semitism
(Jewish Political Studies Review) Vilhjalmur Orn Vilhjalmsson - Jews were only occasional visitors in Iceland from the 17th century onward. Jews in the flesh materialized as Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany in the 1930s. Most of the refugees moved on to other countries, and some were even expelled or deported. In the postwar period, Jews living in Iceland remained an isolated group. Some tried to conceal their Jewish background altogether. At present, the small Icelandic Jewish community keeps a low profile amid rising anti-Semitism centered on the Middle East.