page_title: History of the Jews in Honduras
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: History of the Jews in Honduras / History
caption_attribution_description: English: A Jewish house with a succah, mezuza and shield of David in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. עברית: בית יהודי בסן פדרו סולה, הונדורס. Español: Una casa judía en San Pedro Sula, Honduras. ייִדיש: א ייִדיש הויז אין סאַן פּעדראָ סולאַ, האָנדוראַס.
context_page_description: Jews have lived in Honduras since the times of the Inquisition. Today, some 40–50 Jewish families live in the country. The community is concentrated primarily in San Pedro Sula and Tegucigalpa. Other families are found in the port city of La Ceiba.
context_section_description: There have been Jews in Honduras since Hernando Cortes conquered the Aztecs, accompanied by several Conversos. Later, Jews arrived there to escape the Inquisition.
  Due to the power of the Catholic Church in Honduras, few Jews migrated there during the Spanish Colonial Period.  In the 1920s, a few German Jews settled in Honduras as a result of invitations from the government.  Beginning in the 1940s some Ashkenazic Jews fleeing World War II came to Honduras thanks to the influence of local Jewry.
caption: A Jewish home in San Pedro Sula
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