History of the Jews in Monaco

[1] During the war, the principality's government issued false identity papers to its Jewish residents to protect them from Nazi deportation.

[2] Prince Louis II refused to dismiss Jewish civil servants and protected Édouard de Rothschild from deportation.

[2] Today's Jewish community in Monaco consists primarily of retirees from France and the United Kingdom, and there is also a small population of North African and Turkish Jews.

[2] In August 2015, Prince Albert II apologized for the role of Monaco in deporting Jews to Nazi Germany's concentration camps.

[7][8] The daughter of Caroline, Princess of Hanover, Charlotte Casiraghi, was in a relationship with Moroccan-Jewish stand-up comedian Gad Elmaleh, who had gained notoriety in France, Morocco and the US.