Jistory

Place in Czech Republic

What happened to the Jews in Moravia

119 events, 1096 AD to 1975 AD

11th century

  1. 1096 AD Duke Bretislav orders confiscation of Jewish property in Moravia · Moravia, Czech Republic

12th century

  1. 1124 AD Duke Ladislaus bans Christians from serving Jews and fines the Jews · Moravia, Czech Republic

13th century

  1. 1268 AD Ottocar II's charter restricts Brünn Jews and imposes fortification costs · Brno (Brünn), Czech Republic
  2. 1278 AD King Rudolf orders Olmütz Jews to contribute to city expenses · Olomouc (Olmütz), Czech Republic
  3. 1288 AD Tribute exacted from Jews of Austerlitz by King Wenzel · Slavkov u Brna (Austerlitz), Czech Republic
  4. 1298 AD Rindfleisch riots spread to Moravia · Moravia, Czech Republic

14th century

  1. 1338 AD Armleder persecution of the Jews of Znojmo · Znojmo (Znaim), Czech Republic
  2. 1338 AD Massacres in Moravian communities after Pulkau Host desecration · Jemnice, Czech Republic
  3. c. 1338 AD Massacres of Jews in Lower Austrian towns · Retz, Austria and elsewhere
  4. 1349 AD Black Death persecution of the Jews of Znojmo · Znojmo (Znaim), Czech Republic
  5. c. 1400 AD Hussite-war slaughter of Jews in Austria, Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia · Austria and elsewhere

15th century

  1. 1401 AD Ban on Jewish meat retailing in Znojmo · Znojmo (Znaim), Czech Republic
  2. 1419–1437 AD Expulsion of Jews from Cheb and Jihlava · Cheb, Czech Republic
  3. 1426 AD Expulsion of Jews from Iglau · Jihlava (Iglau), Czech Republic
  4. 1426 AD Expulsion of the Jews from Jihlava · Jihlava, Czech Republic
  5. 1426 AD Seizure of Jewish property and conversion of synagogue in Iglau · Jihlava (Iglau), Czech Republic
  6. 1437 AD Interest rate cap on Jewish moneylending in Znojmo · Znojmo (Znaim), Czech Republic
  7. c. 1440–1457 AD Expulsion of the Jews from Brünn, Znaim, Olmütz and Neustadt · Brno (Brünn), Czech Republic
  8. 1453 AD Further reduction of permitted Jewish interest rate in Znojmo · Znojmo (Znaim), Czech Republic
  9. 1454 AD Expulsion of the Jews from Brno · Brno, Czech Republic
  10. 1454 AD Expulsion of the Jews from Olmütz · Olomouc (Olmütz), Czech Republic
  11. 1454 AD Expulsion of the Jews from Znojmo · Znojmo (Znaim), Czech Republic
  12. 1454 AD Residence ban on Jews in Znojmo and entry toll · Znojmo (Znaim), Czech Republic
  13. 1454–1455 AD Expulsions of Jews from Moravian and Silesian cities · Moravia, Czech Republic
  14. 1458 AD Destruction of the Jewish quarter of Bzenec (1458) · Bzenec, Czech Republic
  15. c. 1458 AD Devastation of Bisenz and its Jewish quarter in Podiebrad–Matthias wars · Bzenec (Bisenz), Czech Republic

16th century

  1. 1511 AD Synagogue of Jihlava converted into a church · Jihlava, Czech Republic
  2. 1514 AD Expulsion of the Jews from Hradisch · Uherské Hradiště (Hradisch), Czech Republic
  3. 1514 AD Expulsion of the Jews from Uherske Hradiste · Uherské Hradiště, Czech Republic
  4. 1562 AD Expulsion of the Jews from Neutitschein and Sternberg · Nový Jičín (Neutitschein), Czech Republic
  5. 1562 AD Expulsion of the Jews from Novy Jicin · Nový Jičín, Czech Republic
  6. 1562 AD Expulsion of the Jews from Sternberg · Šternberk (Sternberg), Czech Republic
  7. 1565 AD Jews of Boskovice barred from business in surrounding villages · Boskovice, Czech Republic
  8. 1576 AD Ban on Jewish commerce in Iglau · Jihlava (Iglau), Czech Republic
  9. 1584 AD Restriction of trades open to Prostějov Jews · Prostějov, Czech Republic
  10. 1600 AD Wine retailing right withdrawn from Prerau Jews · Přerov (Prerau), Czech Republic

17th century

  1. 1605 AD Destruction of the Bisenz Jewish community by Stephen Bocskai · Bzenec (Bisenz), Czech Republic
  2. 1605 AD Second destruction of the Jewish quarter of Bzenec (1605) · Bzenec, Czech Republic
  3. 1613 AD Royal charter protecting Jewish rights in Kyjov · Kyjov, Czech Republic
  4. 1622 AD Hungarian troops cause suffering to Holešov Jews · Holešov (Holleschau), Czech Republic
  5. 1629 AD Special body tax on Jews attending fairs in royal cities · Moravia, Czech Republic
  6. 1642 AD Destruction of the Kremsir Jewish community by the Swedes · Kroměříž (Kremsir), Czech Republic
  7. 1643 AD Pillaging and killings of Jews in Moravia and Kremsier · Moravia, Czech Republic
  8. 1650 AD Moravian Diet restricts Jewish residence · Moravia, Czech Republic
  9. 1661 AD Curtailment of Jewish market access in Brno · Brno, Czech Republic
  10. 1682 AD Jews barred from market-place during procession · Holešov (Holleschau), Czech Republic

18th century

  1. 1706 AD Prayer services in Brünn inn prohibited · Brno (Brünn), Czech Republic
  2. 1708 AD Jews admitted to Jihlava only on payment of special tax · Jihlava, Czech Republic
  3. 1709 AD Ordinance imposing entrance fee on Jews entering Iglau · Jihlava (Iglau), Czech Republic
  4. 1719 AD Destruction and plunder of the Jewish quarter of Mikulov · Mikulov, Czech Republic
  5. 1720 AD Boundaries of Mikulov Jewish quarter fixed · Mikulov, Czech Republic
  6. 1722 AD Synagogue of Úsov ordered destroyed and services banned · Úsov, Czech Republic
  7. 1725 AD Ban on Jews acquiring real estate · Moravia, Czech Republic
  8. 1726 AD Familianten Law limits Jewish families to one married son · Moravia, Czech Republic
  9. 1726–1727 AD Jews of Moravia driven into ghettos · Moravia, Czech Republic
  10. 1727 AD Jews of Boskovice segregated in a special quarter · Boskovice, Czech Republic
  11. 1727 AD Segregation of the Jews of Kyjov · Kyjov, Czech Republic
  12. c. 1740–1748 AD Plundering of Kremsir during the War of the Austrian Succession · Kroměříž (Kremsir), Czech Republic
  13. 1741 AD Prussians levy contribution on Holešov Jews · Holešov (Holleschau), Czech Republic
  14. 1742 AD Brünn commander demands 50,000 florins from Moravian Jews under threat of massacre · Brno (Brünn), Czech Republic
  15. 1742 AD Prussian invasion and levies burden Bisenz Jews · Bzenec (Bisenz), Czech Republic
  16. 1742 AD Seizure of Holesov synagogue amid plan to expel Moravian Jews · Holešov, Czech Republic
  17. 1742 AD War-tax imposed on Holešov Jews · Holešov (Holleschau), Czech Republic
  18. 1744 AD Prussian contribution and confiscation of horses in Nikolsburg · Mikulov (Nikolsburg), Czech Republic
  19. 1744–1745 AD Maria Theresa orders expulsion of Jews from Bohemia and Moravia · Bohemia, Czech Republic
  20. 1745 AD Maria Theresa's expulsion edict; synagogue seized in Holešov · Holešov (Holleschau), Czech Republic
  21. 1745 AD Renewed exclusion of Jews from Brno · Brno, Czech Republic
  22. 1745 AD Repeal of Maria Theresa's expulsion edict; Jews settle in Prerau · Přerov (Prerau), Czech Republic
  23. 1745–1746 AD Etrog tax imposed on Bohemian and Moravian Jews · Bohemia, Czech Republic
  24. 1748 AD Schutzgeld of 87,000 florins imposed on Moravian Jews · Moravia, Czech Republic
  25. 1754 AD General Police Law for the Jews of Moravia · Moravia, Czech Republic
  26. 1754 AD Generalordnung and limit on Jewish families in Moravia · Moravia, Czech Republic
  27. 1774 AD Expulsion of the Jews from Göding · Hodonín (Göding), Czech Republic
  28. 1774 AD Joseph II permits Jewish resettlement in Hodonín · Hodonín, Czech Republic
  29. 1774 AD Mob threat against Jewish household after maidservant's murder · Holešov, Czech Republic
  30. 1777 AD Burning of Jewish-owned houses in Bzenec · Bzenec, Czech Republic
  31. 1777 AD Fire destroys the Bisenz Jewish ghetto · Bzenec (Bisenz), Czech Republic
  32. 1778 AD Neu-Schul used as military storehouse · Mikulov (Nikolsburg), Czech Republic
  33. 1782 AD Joseph II's Toleranzpatent for Moravian Jews · Brno (Brünn), Czech Republic
  34. 1798 AD Austerlitz Jewish community ordered to pay tribute arrears · Slavkov u Brna (Austerlitz), Czech Republic
  35. 1798 AD Francis II limits Jewish settlement in Moravia · Moravia, Czech Republic

19th century

  1. 1803 AD Edict banning Jews from dealing in flour and grain · Moravia, Czech Republic
  2. 1804 AD Edict restricting Jews' cattle purchases · Moravia, Czech Republic
  3. 1805 AD French requisition of the Kremsir Jewish community's silverware · Kroměříž (Kremsir), Czech Republic
  4. 1812 AD Special tax for "keeping a Torah" in Brno · Brno, Czech Republic
  5. 1848 AD Abolition of restrictions on Jews in 1848 · Moravia, Czech Republic
  6. 1848 AD Anti-Jewish disturbances in Moravia in 1848 · Moravia, Czech Republic
  7. 1848 AD Anti-Jewish riots in Prostějov · Prostějov, Czech Republic
  8. 1848 AD End of discrimination against Jews in Boskovice · Boskovice, Czech Republic
  9. 1848 AD Freedom of residence for Jews in Znojmo after 1848 constitution · Znojmo (Znaim), Czech Republic
  10. 1848 AD Full freedom of settlement granted to Jews in Novy Jicin · Nový Jičín, Czech Republic
  11. 1848 AD Kremsir Jews freed from episcopal control and ghetto gates removed · Kroměříž (Kremsir), Czech Republic
  12. 1848 AD Mob seizes first Jew permitted to resettle in Olomouc · Olomouc, Czech Republic
  13. 1848–1859 AD End of exclusion and recognition of Brno Jewish community · Brno, Czech Republic
  14. 1850 AD Popular hostility against Jews leaving ghettos in Moravian towns · Třebíč (Trebitsch), Czech Republic
  15. 1867 AD Constitution of 1867 removes old restrictions on Jews · Moravia, Czech Republic
  16. 1882 AD Condemnation of the old Jewish cemetery of Kremsir · Kroměříž (Kremsir), Czech Republic
  17. 1899 AD Anti-Semitic disturbances in Holešov · Holešov (Holleschau), Czech Republic
  18. 1899 AD Antisemitic riots in Holesov · Holešov, Czech Republic

20th century

  1. 1918 AD Plunder of Jewish shops and killing of two Jews in Holesov · Holešov, Czech Republic
  2. 1918–1920 AD Anti-Jewish violence in Czechoslovakia (1918–1920) · Holešov, Czech Republic and elsewhere
  3. 1938–1943 AD Nazi use of Kyjov camp to assemble and deport Jews · Kyjov, Czech Republic
  4. 1939 AD Burning of the Olomouc synagogue · Olomouc, Czech Republic
  5. 1939 AD German security police officials deport approximately 3,800 Austrian, Czech… · Vienna, Austria and elsewhere
  6. 1939 AD Gestapo raids and closure of synagogue · Prostějov, Czech Republic
  7. 1939 AD Jewish shops in Jihlava demolished · Jihlava, Czech Republic
  8. c. 1939–1945 AD Deportation of Holesov Jews to extermination camps · Holešov, Czech Republic
  9. 1940 AD Remaining Jews forced to move out of Jihlava to villages · Jihlava, Czech Republic
  10. 1941 AD Deportation of Mikulov Jews to Nazi extermination camps · Brno, Czech Republic
  11. 1941 AD Jewish badge order issued for the Reich · Germany and elsewhere
  12. 1942 AD Deportation of Hodonín Jews to Kyjov, Theresienstadt and extermination camps · Hodonín, Czech Republic
  13. 1942 AD Deportation of Jihlava Jews to extermination camps · Jihlava, Czech Republic
  14. 1942 AD Deportation of Olomouc Jews to extermination camps · Olomouc, Czech Republic
  15. 1942 AD Deportation of Prostějov Jews to extermination camps · Prostějov, Czech Republic
  16. 1943 AD Deportation of Boskovice Jews to Theresienstadt and death camps · Boskovice, Czech Republic
  17. 1943 AD Deportation of the Jews of Bzenec to Theresienstadt · Bzenec, Czech Republic
  18. 1943 AD Destruction of Jewish cemetery by the Nazis · Prostějov, Czech Republic
  19. 1945 AD Murder of 21 Jewish labor camp prisoners at Mikulov · Mikulov, Czech Republic
  20. 1950–1975 AD Demolition of Jewish buildings in Mikulov under Communist rule · Mikulov, Czech Republic

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