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What happened to the Jews in Switzerland

81 events, 1294 AD to 2014 AD

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Cities, towns and sites in Switzerland

Timeline

13th century

  1. 1294 AD Basel Jewish cemetery taken away after persecution · Basel, Switzerland
  2. 1294 AD Blood libel at Bern (boy Rudolph) · Bern, Switzerland
  3. 1294 AD Expulsion of the Jews from Bern · Bern, Switzerland
  4. 1294 AD Seizure of Jewish property in Bern · Bern, Switzerland
  5. 1294 AD Violence against Jews in Berne, Switzerland · Bern, Switzerland
  6. 1294–1300 AD Jews of Bern forced to forfeit claims and pay fines · Bern, Switzerland

14th century

  1. 1348 AD Black Death: Jews in Geneva falsely accused of poisoning wells · Geneva, Switzerland
  2. 1348 AD Expulsion of the remaining Jews from Zurich · Zurich, Switzerland
  3. 1348 AD Jews of Chillon tortured over well-poisoning · Chillon, Switzerland
  4. 1348 AD Lausanne Jews forced under torture to confess well-poisoning · Lausanne, Switzerland
  5. 1348 AD Well-poisoning accusation and massacres during the Black Death · Chambéry, France and elsewhere
  6. 1348 AD Well-poisoning libel during the Black Death in Basel · Basel, Switzerland
  7. 1348–1349 AD Black Death massacres end the Jewish community of Lucerne · Lucerne, Switzerland
  8. 1348–1349 AD Well-poisoning accusation and persecution of Jews in Diessenhofen · Diessenhofen, Switzerland
  9. 1348–1349 AD Well-poisoning and murder accusations against Zurich Jews · Zurich, Switzerland
  10. 1349 AD Basel · Basel, Switzerland
  11. 1349 AD Black Death persecution of Jews in Bern and Zofingen · Bern, Switzerland
  12. 1349 AD Black Death persecutions at Vevey and Geneva · Vevey, Switzerland
  13. 1349 AD Burning and expulsion of the Jews of St. Gall · St. Gallen, Switzerland
  14. 1349 AD Decree barring Jewish settlement in Basel for 200 years · Basel, Switzerland
  15. 1349 AD Destruction of the Jewish cemetery of Basel · Basel, Switzerland
  16. 1349 AD Expulsion of the Jews of Burgdorf · Burgdorf, Switzerland
  17. 1349 AD Jews of St. Gallen imprisoned, burned or expelled · St. Gallen, Switzerland
  18. 1349 AD Kyburg massacre · Kyburg, Switzerland
  19. 1349 AD Well-poisoning accusation against the Jews of St. Gallen · St. Gallen, Switzerland
  20. 1349 AD Well-poisoning accusation and torture at Zofingen · Zofingen, Switzerland
  21. 1349 AD Zurich massacre · Zurich, Switzerland
  22. 1352 AD Jews readmitted to Zurich · Zurich, Switzerland
  23. 1361 AD Jews readmitted to Basel · Basel, Switzerland
  24. 1377 AD Mathys, son of Eberlin, exiled from Basel · Basel, Switzerland
  25. 1380 AD Jews readmitted to Bern · Bern, Switzerland
  26. 1382 AD Citizenship revoked for Umelin and horse trading banned · Basel, Switzerland
  27. 1392 AD Expulsion of Jews from Bern, Switzerland · Bern, Switzerland

15th century

  1. 1401 AD Burning of the Jews of Winterthur · Winterthur, Switzerland
  2. 1401 AD Ritual murder libel and burning of Michael Vinelmann · Diessenhofen, Switzerland
  3. 1401 AD Schaffhausen massacre · Schaffhausen, Switzerland
  4. 1424–1436 AD Decrees of expulsion of Jews from Zurich · Zurich, Switzerland
  5. 1427 AD Expulsion of Jews from Bern · Bern, Switzerland
  6. 1428 AD Expulsion of Jews from Fribourg · Fribourg, Switzerland
  7. 1428 AD Expulsion of the Jews from Freiburg · Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland
  8. 1428 AD Jews of Geneva confined to a separate quarter · Geneva, Switzerland
  9. 1436 AD Expulsion of Jews from Zurich · Zurich, Switzerland
  10. 1461 AD Attack on the Geneva Jewish quarter at Easter · Geneva, Switzerland
  11. 1472 AD Expulsion of the Jews from Schaffhausen · Schaffhausen, Switzerland
  12. 1482 AD Attempts to expel the Jews from Thurgau · Thurgau, Switzerland
  13. 1488 AD Jewish physicians forbidden to practice in Geneva · Geneva, Switzerland
  14. 1490 AD Expulsion of Jews from Geneva · Geneva, Switzerland
  15. 1494 AD Expulsion of Jews from Diessenhofen and Thurgau · Diessenhofen, Switzerland

16th century

  1. 1543 AD Expulsion of Jews from Basel · Basel, Switzerland
  2. 1549 AD Jews prohibited from entering Basel even with an escort · Basel, Switzerland
  3. 1552 AD Jews allowed monthly entry to Basel on payment of a body-tax · Basel, Switzerland
  4. 1581 AD Expulsion of the Jews from the diocese of Basle · Prince-Bishopric of Basel, Switzerland

17th century

  1. 1622 AD Expulsion of the Jews from the Swiss Confederation · Switzerland
  2. 1634 AD Ban on Jewish settlement in Zurich · Zurich, Switzerland
  3. 1634 AD Final expulsion of Jews from Zurich · Zurich, Switzerland

18th century

  1. 1701 AD Expulsion of Jews from the cantons of Bern, Freiburg and Basel · Bern, Switzerland
  2. 1780 AD Jewish residence permitted in Carouge · Carouge, Switzerland
  3. c. 1798–1814 AD Equal citizenship rights under French rule · Geneva, Switzerland

19th century

  1. 1815 AD Ban on real estate acquisition by Jews in Geneva canton · Geneva, Switzerland
  2. 1818–1863 AD St. Gallen "Jews' Law" imposes severe restrictions · St. Gallen, Switzerland
  3. c. 1820 AD Jews resettle in Bern with full religious freedom · Bern, Switzerland
  4. 1841–1843 AD Civic rights and freedom of worship granted to Geneva Jews · Geneva, Switzerland
  5. 1849 AD 1849 law restricting Jewish settlement in Basel · Basel, Switzerland
  6. 1850–1855 AD US-Swiss treaty allowing discrimination against Jews · Switzerland
  7. 1856 AD Order for American Jew Gootman to leave Chaux-de-Fonds · La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
  8. 1860 AD Graubünden repeals restrictions on Jewish settlement · Graubünden, Switzerland
  9. 1861 AD Zurich grants Jews civic and political rights · Zurich, Switzerland
  10. 1862 AD Free residence granted to Jews in Basel · Basel, Switzerland
  11. 1863 AD Emancipation of Aargau Jews opens Zurich to Jews · Zurich, Switzerland
  12. 1863 AD Emancipation of the Jews of Switzerland · Switzerland
  13. 1865 AD Schaffhausen repeals restrictions on Jewish settlement · Switzerland
  14. 1866 AD Thurgau grants Jews free settlement · Thurgau, Switzerland
  15. 1872 AD Full civic rights granted to Jews in Basel · Basel, Switzerland
  16. 1874 AD Swiss Constitution guarantees full civil rights to Jews · Switzerland
  17. 1893 AD Swiss constitutional ban on ritual slaughter · Switzerland
  18. 1893 AD Switzerland bans kosher slaughter · Switzerland

20th century

  1. 1933 AD World Jewish Congress calls global boycott of Germany · Geneva, Switzerland
  2. 1936 AD Lucerne Jewish oratory devastated by Swiss Fascists · Lucerne, Switzerland
  3. 1938 AD Swiss request for J stamp on German Jewish passports · Switzerland
  4. 1942 AD Riegner cable on the "Final Solution" reaches Stephen Wise · Switzerland

21st century

  1. 2014 AD Anti-Jewish measures in Switzerland · Switzerland

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