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Place in Germany

What happened to the Jews in Brandenburg

51 events, 1243 AD to 1945 AD

13th century

  1. 1243 AD Burning of Jews at Belitz for Host desecration · Beelitz, Germany
  2. 1243 AD Host desecration accusation at Belitz · Beelitz, Germany
  3. 1287 AD Persecution at Pritzwalk after host desecration charge · Pritzwalk, Germany
  4. 1294 AD Restriction on Jewish house ownership in Frankfurt (Oder) · Frankfurt (Oder), Germany

15th century

  1. 1446 AD Arrest and expulsion of Jews from Brandenburg · Brandenburg, Germany
  2. 1446 AD Frederick II orders Jews imprisoned and property confiscated · Brandenburg, Germany
  3. 1446 AD Imprisonment of Jews and confiscation of property · Brandenburg, Germany
  4. 1454 AD Jews readmitted to Brandenburg despite Stendal's resistance · Stendal, Germany

16th century

  1. 1506 AD Demolition of the Frankfurt (Oder) synagogue · Frankfurt (Oder), Germany
  2. 1509 AD Expulsion of remaining Jews from Brandenburg · Brandenburg, Germany
  3. 1509 AD Host desecration accusation against the Jews of Bernau · Bernau, Germany
  4. 1509 AD Host libel trial and burning of Jews; expulsion from Brandenburg · Berlin, Germany
  5. 1510 AD Expulsion of the Jews from Cottbus · Cottbus, Germany
  6. c. 1510 AD General expulsion of Jews after the Bernau executions · Berlin, Germany
  7. 1510 AD Host desecration libel against the Jews of Brandenburg · Brandenburg, Germany
  8. 1510 AD Knoblauch Host libel executions · Knoblauch, Germany
  9. 1520 AD Ritual libel at Brandenburg · Brandenburg, Germany
  10. 1568 AD Petition to expel Jews from Frankfurt (Oder) rejected · Frankfurt (Oder), Germany
  11. 1573 AD Expulsion of the Jews from Brandenburg · Brandenburg, Germany
  12. 1573 AD Lippold of Prague executed on charge of poisoning the elector · Brandenburg, Germany
  13. 1573 AD Second expulsion of the Jews from Frankfurt (Oder) · Frankfurt (Oder), Germany

17th century

  1. 1670–1671 AD Jews admitted to Berlin and Brandenburg by the Great Elector · Brandenburg, Germany
  2. 1671 AD Admission of Jewish families from Vienna · Brandenburg, Germany
  3. 1671 AD Jews permitted to settle in Brandenburg and Frankfurt (Oder) · Brandenburg, Germany
  4. 1680 AD Edict forbidding Jews to deal in hides · Brandenburg, Germany
  5. 1683 AD Edict forbidding Jews to deal in silver and specie · Brandenburg, Germany
  6. 1685 AD Bonds of 1,000 thalers required of every Jew · Brandenburg, Germany
  7. 1688 AD Commission to review Jewish letters of protection · Brandenburg, Germany
  8. 1688 AD Leibzoll poll-tax imposed on Jews of Frankfurt (Oder) · Frankfurt (Oder), Germany
  9. 1692 AD Peddling forbidden to Jews · Brandenburg, Germany
  10. 1700 AD Ban on Jews keeping public shops and stalls · Brandenburg, Germany
  11. 1700 AD Cap of fifty Jewish families and community tax · Brandenburg, Germany
  12. 1700 AD Doubled taxes and expulsion of unlicensed Jews in Brandenburg · Brandenburg, Germany

18th century

  1. 1703 AD Harassment over alleged blasphemy in prayers · Brandenburg, Germany
  2. 1706 AD Jews forbidden to live in villages · Brandenburg, Germany
  3. 1707 AD Confiscation of Talmud copies in Brandenburg · Brandenburg, Germany
  4. 1714 AD Frederick William I's restrictive law for Brandenburg Jews · Brandenburg, Germany
  5. 1787 AD Leibzoll poll-tax repealed · Frankfurt (Oder), Germany

20th century

  1. 1933 AD Jews barred from Cottbus annual fair and ousted from trade unions · Cottbus, Germany
  2. 1938 AD Sachsenhausen camp opens; 1,800 Jews jailed after Kristallnacht · Sachsenhausen, Germany
  3. 1939 AD First Polish women prisoners reach Ravensbrück · Ravensbrück, Germany
  4. 1940 AD Höss ordered to build Auschwitz, becomes its commandant · Sachsenhausen, Germany
  5. 1942 AD 600 Jewish women moved from Ravensbrück to Birkenau · Ravensbrück, Germany
  6. 1942 AD Deportation of Cottbus Jews · Cottbus, Germany
  7. 1942 AD Deportation of Frankfurt Jews to Theresienstadt (1942) · Frankfurt (Oder), Germany
  8. 1942 AD Lidice women brought to Ravensbrück · Ravensbrück, Germany
  9. 1942 AD Revolt of Jews slated for Auschwitz crushed at Sachsenhausen · Sachsenhausen, Germany
  10. 1942 AD SS moves 1,000 women from Ravensbrück to Auschwitz-Birkenau · Ravensbrück, Germany
  11. 1943 AD Deportation of Frankfurt Jews to Theresienstadt (1943) · Frankfurt (Oder), Germany
  12. 1944 AD First documented gassing at Ravensbrück · Ravensbrück, Germany
  13. 1945 AD Sachsenhausen evacuated; final SS massacre of Jews · Sachsenhausen, Germany

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