Jistory

Place in Germany

What happened to the Jews in Lower Saxony

73 events, 1274 AD to 2024 AD

13th century

  1. 1274 AD Royal taxes levied on Goslar Jews through the municipality · Goslar, Germany
  2. 1285 AD Emperor Rudolph orders Goslar Jews to pay tax promptly · Goslar, Germany
  3. 1298 AD Einbeck Jews burned at the stake · Einbeck, Germany

14th century

  1. 1312 AD Bishop Engelbert II limits Jewish interest rates in Osnabrück · Osnabrück, Germany
  2. 1327 AD Bishop Gottfried imposes annual taxes and restricted jurisdiction on Jews · Osnabrück, Germany
  3. 1336–1340 AD Exactions on Goslar Jews by Emperor Louis IV · Goslar, Germany
  4. 1337 AD Emperor Ludwig assigns Osnabrück Jews to Count of Waldeck for taxation · Osnabrück, Germany
  5. c. 1348–1350 AD Black Death persecution of the Jews of Osnabrück · Osnabrück, Germany
  6. c. 1348–1350 AD Expulsion of the Jews of Hanover during the Black Death · Hanover, Germany
  7. 1349 AD Attack on the Jews of Hanover · Hanover, Germany
  8. 1349 AD Hildesheim Jews killed during the Black Death · Hildesheim, Germany
  9. 1350 AD Confiscation of the Jewish school in Göttingen · Göttingen, Germany
  10. 1350 AD Expulsion of the Jews from Hanover after the Black Death · Hanover, Germany
  11. 1350 AD Expulsion of the Jews from Wildeshausen · Wildeshausen, Germany
  12. 1350 AD Persecution of Göttingen Jews after the Black Death · Göttingen, Germany
  13. 1369–1371 AD Expulsion of the last Jew from Hanover · Hanover, Germany
  14. 1371 AD Expulsion of a Jew from Hanover by the Dukes · Hanover, Germany

15th century

  1. 1414 AD Heavy imperial tax on Goslar Jews · Goslar, Germany
  2. 1424 AD Bishop promises to rid Osnabrück of Jews · Osnabrück, Germany
  3. c. 1440 AD Blood libel in Goslar · Goslar, Germany
  4. 1451 AD Jewish badge ordered in Hanover · Hanover, Germany
  5. 1457 AD Expulsion of the Jews from the diocese of Hildesheim · Hildesheim, Germany
  6. 1457 AD Synagogue demolished and cemetery seized in Hildesheim · Hildesheim, Germany

16th century

  1. 1542 AD Jews exiled again from Hildesheim · Hildesheim, Germany
  2. 1553 AD Duke Erich the Younger banishes Jews from his territory · Hanover, Germany
  3. 1553 AD Jews compelled to hear a Christian sermon in the synagogue · Hanover, Germany
  4. 1557 AD Duke Heinrich the Younger excludes Jews from Brunswick · Braunschweig (Brunswick), Germany
  5. 1570 AD Grubenhagen dukes bar unprotected Jews from passing through · Grubenhagen, Germany
  6. 1571 AD Expulsion of Abraham from Northeim · Northeim, Germany
  7. 1574 AD Protection and safety refused to Jews in Hanover · Hanover, Germany
  8. 1579 AD Expulsion of the Jews from Einbeck · Einbeck, Germany
  9. 1588 AD Hanover council ends Christian-Jewish business ties · Hanover, Germany
  10. 1590 AD Emden citizens complain about Jewish privileges · Emden, Germany
  11. 1591 AD Duke Heinrich Julius expels Jews from Northeim · Northeim, Germany
  12. 1591 AD Edict revoking protection of Jews in Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel lands including Göttingen · Göttingen, Germany
  13. 1591 AD Expulsion of the Jews from Goslar · Goslar, Germany
  14. 1595 AD Expulsion of the Jews from Hildesheim over marriage dispute · Hildesheim, Germany

17th century

  1. 1601 AD Jews permitted to return to Hildesheim · Hildesheim, Germany
  2. 1613 AD Synagogue in the Neustadt torn down · Hanover, Germany
  3. 1621–1622 AD Heavy monthly levies on Hildesheim Jews · Hildesheim, Germany
  4. 1632 AD Jewish cemetery in Stade turned into a garden · Stade, Germany
  5. 1639 AD Diet ends Jewish residence in Northeim · Northeim, Germany
  6. 1660 AD Protection withdrawn from Hildesheim Jews · Hildesheim, Germany

18th century

  1. 1716 AD Concordat bars Jews from trade and residence in Osnabrück without council consent · Osnabrück, Germany
  2. 1718 AD Ban on Jewish house ownership in Göttingen and Grubenhagen · Göttingen, Germany
  3. 1718 AD Hanover restricts influx of Jews · Hanover, Germany
  4. 1718 AD Restriction of Jewish settlement in Einbeck · Einbeck, Germany
  5. 1723 AD Judenordnung restricting Jews in the Duchy of Hanover · Hanover, Germany
  6. 1757 AD French soldiers commit violence against Münden's Jews · Hann. Münden, Germany
  7. 1758 AD Per capita tax and billeting burdens during Seven Years' War · Hildesheim, Germany
  8. 1762 AD Riot against the Jews of Emden · Emden, Germany
  9. 1796 AD Limit of three Jewish families and expulsions in Göttingen · Göttingen, Germany

19th century

  1. 1806–1815 AD Equality granted under Westphalian rule · Hildesheim, Germany
  2. 1808 AD Jews of Hanover receive civil rights · Hanover, Germany
  3. 1815 AD Jewish civil rights abolished in Hanover · Hanover, Germany
  4. 1815 AD Legal disabilities reimposed under Hanoverian rule · Hildesheim, Germany
  5. c. 1815–1842 AD Hanoverian restoration of former restrictions on Jews in Emden · Emden, Germany
  6. 1842 AD 1842 legislation excludes Jews from state posts · Hanover, Germany
  7. 1842 AD Jews of Emden liberated from former restrictions · Emden, Germany
  8. 1842 AD Protection payments abolished in Hanover · Hildesheim, Germany
  9. 1848 AD Civic equality granted to Jews in Hanover · Hanover, Germany
  10. 1850 AD Jewish oath rescinded in Hanover · Hanover, Germany

20th century

  1. 1933 AD Anti-Jewish boycott begins as Karstadt fires Jewish employees · Hanover, Germany
  2. 1933–1934 AD Anti-Jewish rioting in Hanover · Hanover, Germany
  3. 1938 AD Destruction of the Einbeck synagogue by the Nazis · Einbeck, Germany
  4. 1938 AD Expulsion of Polish Jews from Hanover · Hanover, Germany
  5. 1938 AD Novemberpogrome 1938 in Osnabrück · Osnabrück, Germany
  6. 1938 AD Novemberpogrome 1938 in Verden · Verden, Germany
  7. 1941 AD Hanover Jews confined to "Jew houses" · Hanover, Germany
  8. 1941–1942 AD Deportations of Jews from Hanover · Hanover, Germany
  9. 1942 AD Deportation of Hildesheim Jews to Theresienstadt · Hildesheim, Germany
  10. 1945 AD Deportation of Jews married to non-Jews · Hanover, Germany

21st century

  1. 2024 AD Attack on Oldenburg Synagogue · Oldenburg, Germany

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