Jistory

Place in Poland

What happened to the Jews in Greater Poland

57 events, 1266 AD to 1944 AD

13th century

  1. 1266 AD Council of Breslau orders segregation and restrictions on Jews · Wrocław (Breslau), Poland
  2. 1267 AD Council of Breslau legislates on Jews of Great Poland · Greater Poland, Poland
  3. c. 1300–1399 AD Gnesen archdiocese orders Jews to wear red cloth badge · Greater Poland, Poland
  4. c. 1300–1399 AD Mob attacks on Kalisz Jews over well-poisoning accusations · Kalisz, Poland

14th century

  1. 1349 AD Black Death persecution on the German frontier of Great Poland · Greater Poland, Poland
  2. 1349 AD Black Death persecutions of Jews in Kalisz · Kalisz, Poland

15th century

  1. 1468 AD Violence against Jews in Posen · Poznań (Posen), Poland

16th century

  1. 1542 AD Anti-Jewish disorders in Kalisz · Kalisz, Poland
  2. 1549 AD Head-tax imposed on Jews including Kalisz · Kalisz, Poland
  3. 1553 AD Leather-purchase restriction on Jews in Pniewy · Pniewy, Poland
  4. 1557 AD Host libel against Kalisz Jews · Kalisz, Poland
  5. 1565 AD Mob attack and synagogue desecration in Kalisz · Kalisz, Poland
  6. 1577 AD Riot against the Jews of Posen · Poznań (Posen), Poland

17th century

  1. 1633 AD Anti-Jewish measures in Poznań · Poznań, Poland
  2. 1654 AD Jesuit students plunder the Jews' street in Gnesen · Gniezno (Gnesen), Poland
  3. 1656 AD Jews martyred in the Swedish-Polish war · Greater Poland, Poland
  4. 1656 AD Jews slain in Gnesen · Gniezno (Gnesen), Poland
  5. 1659 AD Massacre of Jews and razing of Jewish quarter in Kalisz · Kalisz, Poland
  6. 1666 AD Massacre of Kalisz Jews by Czarniecki's troops · Kalisz, Poland
  7. 1700–1721 AD Destruction of the Grätz Jewish community in the Northern War · Grodzisk Wielkopolski (Grätz), Poland

18th century

  1. 1706–1707 AD Plunder and burning of Leszno Jewish quarter in Northern War · Leszno, Poland
  2. 1707–1716 AD Jewish deaths in the Northern War · Greater Poland, Poland
  3. 1709 AD Expulsion of the Jews from Leszno · Leszno, Poland
  4. 1709 AD Plague libel against Leszno Jews · Leszno, Poland
  5. 1736 AD Ritual murder accusations in Posen · Poznań (Posen), Poland
  6. 1738 AD Corpse fee imposed on Jews at Krotoschin · Krotoszyn, Poland
  7. 1763 AD Blood libel and death sentences in Kalisz · Kalisz, Poland
  8. 1789 AD Privilegium of 1789 restricting Jews in Pniewy · Pniewy, Poland
  9. 1797 AD Prussian General-Juden-Reglement of 1797 · Greater Poland, Poland

19th century

  1. 1827–1862 AD Compulsory Jewish quarter in Kalisz · Kalisz, Poland
  2. 1828 AD Recruits' tax levied on Krotoschin Jews · Krotoszyn, Poland
  3. 1833 AD Prussian Jews' Law of 1833 grants partial citizenship · Greater Poland, Poland
  4. 1847 AD Prussian law of 1847 equalizes Jews of Posen · Greater Poland, Poland
  5. 1878 AD Anti-Jewish riot in Kalisz · Kalisz, Poland
  6. 1881 AD Expulsions of German and Austrian Jews from Kalisz · Kalisz, Poland

20th century

  1. 1914 AD German troops burn Jewish houses in Kalisz · Kalisz, Poland
  2. 1919 AD Endecja pogrom in Kalisz · Kalisz, Poland
  3. 1933 AD Endecja antisemitic campaign and boycott attempts in Kalisz · Kalisz, Poland
  4. 1939 AD Eviction and deportation of Kalisz Jews to Lublin district · Kalisz, Poland
  5. 1939 AD German occupation measures against Kalisz Jews · Kalisz, Poland
  6. 1939 AD Jews deported from Lódz, West Prussia, Poznan and Danzig · Łódź, Poland
  7. 1939 AD Jews expelled from Kalisz · Kalisz, Poland
  8. 1940 AD Deportation of Leszno Jews to Grodzisk Mazowiecki · Leszno, Poland
  9. 1940 AD Murder of chronically ill Jews in Kalisz · Kalisz, Poland
  10. 1941 AD Chelmno death camp opens · Chełmno, Poland
  11. 1941 AD Desecration of Kalisz Jewish cemetery · Kalisz, Poland
  12. 1941 AD Gas-van killings begin at Chelmno · Chełmno, Poland
  13. 1941 AD Killing in Chełmno · Chełmno, Poland
  14. 1941 AD Nazis gas Jews in forest near Chelmno · Koło, Poland
  15. c. 1941–1942 AD Deportation of Kalisz Jews to Chelmno and Lodz ghetto · Kalisz, Poland
  16. 1941–1943 AD Jewish labor camp at Leszno · Leszno, Poland
  17. 1942 AD Kowale Panskie Jews deported to Chelmno · Kowale Pańskie, Poland
  18. 1942 AD Pianist Leopold Birkenfeld murdered at Chelmno · Chełmno, Poland
  19. 1942 AD Three escaped women taken to Lódz Ghetto and shot · Poznań, Poland
  20. 1942 AD Truck with murdered Jews' luggage refuels near Lódz Ghetto · Chełmno, Poland
  21. 1942 AD Van gassings at Chelmno; 5,000 Lódz Roma murdered · Chełmno, Poland
  22. 1944 AD Killing in Chełmno · Chełmno, Poland

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