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Anti-Jewish measures in Eastern Europe
The National Origins Quota of 1924 and Immigration Act of 1924 largely halted immigration to the U.S. from Eastern Europe and Russia; this was meant to restrict Eastern European Jews among others, as a great many of these immigrants coming from Russia and Eastern Europe were Jews (the "outbreak of antisemitism" mentioned in the above entry may have also played a part in the passage of these acts).
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- Unknown
- Where
- Eastern Europe (several countries)
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Decree allowing Sephardi Jews abroad to claim Spanish nationality
A decree gave Sephardi Jews living abroad the right to claim Spanish nationality and settle in Spain. It later gave a legal basis for Spanish protection of Jews in Nazi-occupied countries.
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- Spanish government
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- Spain
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Immigration restrictions on Jews removed
The economic restrictions that had limited Jewish immigration were lifted in 1924.
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- South African government
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- South Africa
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Romanian Nationality Law strips Bessarabian Jews of citizenship
The 1924 Nationality Law deprived many Bessarabian Jews of Romanian nationality and classed them as aliens.
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- Romanian government
- Where
- Bessarabia, Moldova
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Romanian authorities strip Bessarabian Jews of citizenship
The Romanian authorities deprived many Jews of Kishinev and Bessarabia of their citizenship, destroying their means of livelihood.
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- Romanian authorities
- Where
- Chișinău (Kishinev), Bessarabia, Moldova
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Sunday work ban in Salonika
Asia Minor refugees introduced legislation in Salonika forbidding Sunday work, forcing Jews to lose a workday or violate the Sabbath; it was later extended nationally.
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- Greek authorities / Asia Minor refugees
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Severe economic immigration restrictions affecting Jews
In the early 1920s the government's interpretation of immigration laws imposed harsh economic-based restrictions on Jewish immigrants, prompting a prolonged dispute with Jewish communal leaders.
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- South African government
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- South Africa
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Romanian authorities strip Jewish schools of their Jewish character in Bessarabia
After a change in government policy at the end of 1922, many Jewish schools in Bessarabia were converted into Romanian schools. The number of Jewish institutions fell from 140 schools to 64 by 1929–30.
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- Romanian government
- Where
- Bessarabia, Moldova
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Henry Ford's anti-Jewish campaign in the Dearborn Independent
Throughout the 1920s Henry Ford's Dearborn Independent ran a sustained anti-Jewish newspaper campaign that is remembered with fear and anger by Detroit Jews.
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- Henry Ford
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- Detroit, Michigan, United States
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Jewish professionals barred from law firms and hospitals in Atlanta
During the 1920s Jewish lawyers and physicians in Atlanta were kept out of most law firms and were able to practice only at certain hospitals.
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- Law firms and hospitals
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- Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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Cemetery desecrations in and around Nuremberg
About 200 incidents of Jewish cemetery desecration were reported in and near Nuremberg.
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- Unknown
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Mordechai Anielewicz, Warsaw Ghetto Uprising commander
Mordechai Anielewicz led the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
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- Unknown
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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
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- Egypt
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Expulsions record persecution of Jews, not wrongdoing by Jews. Why this matters
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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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