1. Expulsions Jews driven out of cities and countries. Expulsions record persecution of Jews, not wrongdoing by Jews.
2. Massacres and pogroms1629 entries Massacres and pogroms: mob and state violence against Jewish communities.
3. Forced conversions186 entries Jews compelled to convert, or to choose between conversion, exile and death.
4. Discriminatory laws2245 entries Laws and decrees restricting where Jews could live, what they could wear and how they could work.
5. Ghettoization379 entries Jews confined to ghettos and separate quarters.
6. False accusations544 entries False accusations against Jews, including blood libels, and the persecution they caused.
7. Destruction559 entries Synagogues, cemeteries and whole Jewish communities destroyed.
8. Genocide841 entries The genocide of the Jews, including the Holocaust.
9. Readmission and emancipation851 entries Moments of return: readmission, emancipation and equal rights.