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Place in France

What happened to the Jews in Lorraine

27 events, 888 AD to 1945 AD

9th century

  1. 888 AD Anti-Jewish measures in Metz · Metz, France

11th century

  1. 1096 AD Massacre of Jews at Metz · Metz, France

14th century

  1. 1365 AD Expulsion of Jews from Metz · Metz, France
  2. c. 1375–1399 AD Expulsion of the Jews from Nancy · Nancy, France
  3. c. 1400–1499 AD Jews limited to three-day stays in Metz · Metz, France

15th century

  1. 1433 AD Jews barred from residence and transit in Verdun · Verdun, France
  2. 1477 AD Expulsion of the Jews from the Duchy of Lorraine · Nancy, France

16th century

  1. c. 1565–1567 AD Jews readmitted to Metz as pawnbrokers · Metz, France
  2. c. 1600–1610 AD Jews authorized to return to Nancy · Nancy, France

17th century

  1. 1670 AD Execution of Raphael Lévy for alleged ritual murder · Metz, France

18th century

  1. 1721 AD Edict limiting Jewish residence in Lorraine to 70 families · Lorraine, France
  2. 1728 AD Duke Leopold annuls measures favoring Jews in Lorraine · Lorraine, France
  3. 1736 AD Leopold orders Jews into a segregated quarter · Nancy, France
  4. 1748 AD Metz Jews refused permission to visit Verdun · Verdun, France
  5. 1752–1755 AD Jews settled near Verdun expelled · Verdun, France
  6. 1753 AD Stanislaus suspends the edict of 1728 · Lorraine, France
  7. 1761 AD Execution of Jews at Nancy for Host desecration · Nancy, France
  8. 1762 AD Residence limit of 180 Jewish families in Lorraine · Lorraine, France
  9. 1774 AD Jew expelled from Verdun after three-day stay · Verdun, France
  10. 1792 AD Lafayette proclaims religious freedom for Jews at Metz · Metz, France
  11. 1794 AD Suspension of Jewish religious freedom during the Reign of Terror · Metz, France

20th century

  1. c. 1939–1945 AD Deportation and killing of Jews of Phalsbourg in World War II · Phalsbourg, France
  2. c. 1939–1945 AD Expulsion and deportation of Jews from Metz under German occupation · Metz, France
  3. c. 1939–1945 AD Plunder of Metz synagogues by German soldiers · Metz, France
  4. 1942–1943 AD Arrest and deportation of foreign Jews from Nancy · Nancy, France
  5. 1944 AD Mass arrest and deportation of Nancy's French Jews · Nancy, France
  6. c. 1944 AD Plunder and destruction of Nancy synagogue · Nancy, France

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