The violence was terrible. In three days around three thousand people died. The Israeli Community of Porto wants this event not to be forgotten: "One day, a spark will be enough for the tragedy to explode at the hands of a large number of angry people""I saw that in Lisbon low people and villains roseagainst the new Christiansmore than four thousand killedof those at hand:some of them burned alive,boys tore apart,did great cruelties,great robberies and vilenessin as many as they found."Garcia de ResendeIt happened over three days, between April 19 and 21, 1506, and became known as the Lisbon Massacre: the people of the city joined together in an act of revolt, attacking the New Christians, that is, the Jews. They entered their homes and dragged them into the streets. They were tortured, dismembered and burned. It is estimated that more than three thousand people died."All it took was a trigger for ancient myths against the Jews to generate a catastrophe. The bonfires were as tall as houses, in a city full of torn bodies and where heads were carried on the tip of spears", describes Gabriel Senderowicz, president of the Comunidade Israelita do Porto (CIP), which decided to mark the date with the release of a documentary film remembering the event: "1506 - The Lisbon Genocide", directed by Luís Ismael and produced by LightBox.The film will be available online and free of charge at 11:59 pm on April 18, 2024, on the CIP YouTube channel in five languages: Portuguese, Hebrew, English, French and Castilian.In addition, previews with debates are planned in Tel Aviv (Israel) and Miami (USA), on Wednesday, and in Porto on Thursday (at the Cupertino de Miranda Foundation, at 9:00 pm). Other screenings with debate are scheduled for Lisbon (May 2, Cinema City do Campo Pequeno, at 6:30 pm), Madrid, London, Paris, New York, Hamburg, Sydney.