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Place in Poland

What happened to the Jews in Pomerania

35 events, 1261 AD to 1941 AD

13th century

  1. 1261 AD Barnim I grants Jews of Pomerania Magdeburg-style rights · Szczecin (Stettin), Poland

14th century

  1. 1308 AD Teutonic Order bans Jewish settlement in Gdansk · Gdańsk, Poland

15th century

  1. 1438 AD Gdansk limits tolerance of Jewish visitors · Gdańsk, Poland

16th century

  1. 1520 AD Jews forced to move to the Schottland suburb · Gdańsk, Poland
  2. 1531 AD Council withdraws ban on Jewish trading at the fair · Gdańsk, Poland
  3. 1531 AD Prussian Sejmik bars further rights for Jews · Gdańsk, Poland
  4. 1552 AD Heavy taxation of Jewish commerce in Danzig · Gdańsk (Danzig), Poland
  5. 1577 AD King and Gdansk confirm restrictions on Jews · Gdańsk, Poland
  6. 1595 AD Jews allowed in Gdansk only on fair days · Gdańsk, Poland

17th century

  1. 1605 AD Ban on Jewish religious gatherings in Danzig · Gdańsk (Danzig), Poland
  2. 1616 AD Expulsion of the Jews from Danzig · Gdańsk (Danzig), Poland
  3. 1616 AD Six-day stay limit and high poll tax on Jews · Gdańsk, Poland
  4. 1620 AD King permits Jewish residence in Gdansk · Gdańsk, Poland

18th century

  1. 1723 AD Bishop incites mob against Jews in Danzig · Gdańsk (Danzig), Poland
  2. 1734 AD Expulsion of Jews from Danzig during the siege · Gdańsk (Danzig), Poland
  3. 1748 AD Expelled Jews return to Gdansk · Gdańsk, Poland
  4. 1750 AD Jews permitted to resettle in Danzig under heavy taxes · Gdańsk (Danzig), Poland
  5. 1750 AD Royal regulation limits Jews to temporary stay · Gdańsk, Poland
  6. 1773 AD Citizenship and residence rights granted to some Jews · Gdańsk, Poland

19th century

  1. 1807 AD Contribution levied on Danzig Jews · Gdańsk (Danzig), Poland
  2. 1813 AD Devastation of the Langfuhr Jewish cemetery · Gdańsk (Danzig), Poland
  3. 1814 AD Danzig Jews obtain citizens' rights · Gdańsk (Danzig), Poland
  4. 1814 AD Jews gain citizenship under Prussian decree · Gdańsk, Poland
  5. 1821 AD Anti-Jewish incidents in Gdansk (1821) · Gdańsk, Poland
  6. 1900 AD Anti-Jewish riots in Czersk, Stolp, Bütow, Tuchel and Komarczyn · Czersk, Poland
  7. 1900 AD Attacks on the Konitz synagogue and Jewish homes · Chojnice (Konitz), Poland
  8. 1900 AD Konitz affair · Chojnice (Konitz), Poland

20th century

  1. 1937 AD Full-scale pogrom in Gdansk · Gdańsk, Poland
  2. 1937 AD Nazi gauleiter dismisses Jews from liberal professions · Gdańsk, Poland
  3. 1938 AD Synagogues burned and shops looted in Gdansk · Gdańsk, Poland
  4. 1939 AD Piaśnica massacres · Piaśnica, Poland
  5. 1940 AD First deportations from Pomerania to Lublin · Pomerania, Poland
  6. 1940 AD German authorities deport approximately 1,000 German Jews from Stettin and… · Szczecin (Stettin), Poland
  7. 1940 AD Jewish prisoners drowned in latrines at Stutthof · Stutthof, Poland
  8. 1941 AD Deportation of Gdansk Jews to Warsaw and Theresienstadt · Gdańsk, Poland

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