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The Marranos were the Jews that converted to Christianity but continued to practice Judaism in the cellar.
From New York Times ● Mar. 17, 2017
In the 1920s, Army Captain Artur Carlos de Barros Basto, a descendant of Marranos, converted to Judaism and helped establish a synagogue and seminary in Oporto.
From Time Magazine Archive
The secrecy is senseless, in a way. since most of their neighbors know that the Marranos are Jews.
From Time Magazine Archive
Like Marranos, they kept their faith in secret even after the official freedom of religion was proclaimed.
From Time Magazine Archive
Could they have been genuine converts, these Marranos, or New Christians? he asked himself.
From Dreamers of the Ghetto by Israel Zangwill
