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German troops burn Jewish houses in Kalisz
After occupying Kalisz, German soldiers set fire to about 150 Jewish houses, killing 33 Jewish residents.
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- German army
- Where
- Kalisz, Greater Poland, Poland
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Lwów pogrom (1914)
Lwów pogrom (1914): Russian-backed pogrom of Jews by Cossacks during World War One. Deaths: 40.
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- Cossacks
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Forced evacuation of Bauska Jews by Russian military
During World War I the Russian military authorities forced many Jews to leave Bauska, a combat zone, for the Russian interior.
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- Russian military authorities
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Russian army pogroms against Jews in Lithuania during World War I
Russian military authorities viewed Jews with suspicion and spread rumors that they were traitors. The army then carried out pogroms against Jewish communities.
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- Russian army
- Where
- Lithuania
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Russian evacuation of Jews in World War I
Russian authorities forcibly moved about 600,000 Jews from Poland, Lithuania and the Baltic lands into the Russian interior, an act regarded as expulsion.
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- Russian authorities
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Finnish parliament abolishes restrictions; full rights granted in 1917
The Finnish parliament passed a law abolishing restrictions on Jews in 1909, but Russian ratification was delayed, and full civil rights came only with independence in 1917.
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- Finnish parliament
- Where
- Finland
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May Laws
Tsar Alexander III's "temporary regulations" barred Jews from settling in rural areas and from owning land, part of a wave of restrictions following the pogroms of 1881.
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- Tsar Alexander III (Russian Empire)
- Where
- Russian Empire (several countries)
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- Jewish Encyclopedia (1906): Russian Empire (opens in a new tab)
- Jewish Encyclopedia (1906): Pale of Settlement (opens in a new tab)
- Jewish Encyclopedia (1906): Kyiv (opens in a new tab)
- Jewish Encyclopedia (1906): Vilnius (opens in a new tab)
- Encyclopaedia Judaica: Bessarabia (opens in a new tab)
- Encyclopaedia Judaica: Podolia (opens in a new tab)
- Encyclopaedia Judaica: Pogroms (opens in a new tab)
- Encyclopaedia Judaica: May Laws (opens in a new tab)
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Pogroms
Pogroms in the Russian Empire: around 2.5 million Jews emigrated from eastern Europe, mostly to the United States.
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- Unknown
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Jews excluded from official posts, army officer ranks and professorships
Despite legal equality, Jews were in practice kept out of government appointments, the army officer corps and most full university professorships.
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- German state authorities and institutions
- Where
- Germany
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Hayim Nahman Bialik, poet of the national movement
Hayim Nahman Bialik, poet laureate of the Jewish national movement, wrote "In the City of Slaughter," "El Ha-Tsippor" (To the Bird) and "Metei Midbar" (Dead of the Desert).
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- Unknown
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20th century departures of foreign nationals from Egypt
20th century departures of foreign nationals from Egypt: exodus of Europeans from Egypt.
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- Unknown
- Where
- Egypt
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Deportation of 168 Jews to Curaçao
Deportation of 168 Jews to Curaçao: deportation of 168 Jews to Curaçao.
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- Unknown
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Ban on shehitah under the kingdom of Saxony
The Saxon kingdom prohibited Jewish ritual slaughter, affecting the Chemnitz community until the end of 1918.
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- Kingdom of Saxony
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Pale of Settlement
Catherine the Great restricted Jewish residence in the Russian Empire to its western provinces. The Pale lasted, with later additional restrictions, until the Russian Revolution.
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- Empress Catherine II (Russian Empire)
- Where
- Pale of Settlement (several countries)
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