put under censorship to protect from infiltration. Under the reign of John III of Portugal, he instilled the censure of books, and extended to court cases of divination, witchcraft and bigamy. These are all tropes of antisemitism that categorised the Jew as inhuman and a killer of Christ. As a result of the Inquisition, many Crypto-Jews migrated to Goa. This extended to a Goa Inquisition (1560-1821). Regardless of the fact that Jews converted to Catholicism, they were still suspected of heresy. It is Karl Eugen Dühring who deemed: “A Jewish question would still exist, even if every Jew were to turn his back on his religion and join every one of our major Churches.” The fear manifested into political debate as converted Jews were seen as unassimilable to Christianity due to their unchangeable race and Jewish blood. Throughout the Inquisition period, tribunals were established in Lisbon and other cities. Approximately, 40,000 tribunal cases were recorded, 1,800 were burned at the stake, and the remaining made penance. The auto-de-fe (the phrase converts to ‘act of faith’ and is a public penance of the accused heretics once they had decided their punishment after the trial) was held over several hours with great crowds attending. As opposed to torture, testimonies and trials being held in secrecy. The last of the auto-de-fe cases in Portugal occurred on the 27th of October, 1765. As a result of the Portuguese Inquisition, the victim estimate sits at 40,000. Many of whom were originally Spanish Jews who migrated to Portugal, either from anti-Judaic expulsion, or refusal to convert to Christianity. Notable Jews who died in this Inquisition period in Portugal include: Isaac de Castro Tartas, Antonio Serrao de Castro and Antonio Jose da Silva. The Portuguese Inquisition was officially suspended for a period of five years (1676-1681) due to the work of Antolio Vieria in Rome, who sympathized with the victims of the Holy Office. Pope Innocent XI requested Vieria publish a two-hundred word report on the Portuguese Inquisition for him to adjudicate. He made it possible that the distinction between Jews and new/old Christians was abolished. It was officially abolished in 1821 by the "General Extraordinary and Constituent Assembly of the Portuguese Nation." The Inquisition came to an end in the latter period of the 18th century, due to Enlightenment ideas permeating throughout Europe. Belmonte There is little evidence of the Jews in the town of Belmonte.