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Place in Romania

What happened to the Jews in Transylvania

20 events, 1526 AD to 1944 AD

16th century

  1. 1526 AD Law expelling Jews from Hungary and Transylvania · Hungary and elsewhere
  2. 1578 AD Trade restricted for Jews to assigned places in Transylvania · Transylvania, Romania
  3. 1600 AD Massacre of Jews in Klausenburg by Basta's forces · Cluj-Napoca (Klausenburg), Romania

17th century

  1. 1623 AD Residence of Jews limited to Alba Iulia · Alba Iulia, Romania
  2. 1623–1627 AD Bethlen grants Jews privileges of settlement, commerce and worship · Transylvania, Romania
  3. 1650 AD Commercial restrictions and badge decree for Jews in Transylvania · Transylvania, Romania
  4. c. 1650 AD Edict confining Jews to Carlsburg for residence · Alba Iulia (Carlsburg), Romania

18th century

  1. 1781 AD Imperial decree restricting Jewish settlement to Carlsburg · Transylvania, Romania

19th century

  1. 1848 AD Residence restrictions on Jews theoretically ended · Transylvania, Romania

20th century

  1. 1927 AD Anti-Jewish riots in Oradea · Oradea, Romania
  2. 1927 AD Pogrom in Oradea Mare · Oradea, Romania
  3. 1927 AD Riots spread to Cluj, Huedin, Targu-Ocna and Jassy · Cluj-Napoca, Romania
  4. 1933 AD Economic boycott and social ostracism by Transylvanian Fascist organizations · Transylvania, Romania
  5. 1940 AD Expulsion of Jews from villages and towns in southern Transylvania · Transylvania, Romania
  6. 1940 AD Persecution of Jews in southern Transylvania · Transylvania, Romania
  7. c. 1941 AD Forced labor and special taxes on Jews of Old Romania · Romania
  8. 1944 AD Deportation of the Jews of Oradea to Auschwitz · Oradea, Romania
  9. 1944 AD Ghettoization of the Jews of Oradea · Oradea, Romania
  10. 1944 AD Hungarian troops massacre Jews in south Transylvania · Transylvania, Romania
  11. 1944 AD Sărmașu massacre · Sărmașu, Romania

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