Expulsion1
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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.
- By
- Unknown
- Where
- Egypt
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Discriminatory law6
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Militia raid on Jewish High Holiday services in Ovruch
On the eve of the High Holidays the militia broke into private prayer services, arresting five Jews and fining all attendees.
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- Soviet militia
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Ban on matzah baking in the Leningrad synagogue
Soviet authorities stopped the synagogue from baking matzah, as was done elsewhere in the USSR.
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- Soviet authorities
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Restriction of burials at the Jewish cemetery in Moscow
Interments at the Jewish cemetery were nearly stopped, forcing Jews to bury their dead in a separate section of a general cemetery and later alongside non-Jews.
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- Soviet authorities
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Matzah baking discontinued and then restricted
Unrestricted baking and distribution of matzah was stopped in 1962, and later only allowed in a restricted form under synagogue supervision for registered believers.
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- Soviet authorities
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Restrictions and confiscations under Qassem
Despite a generally better attitude, Jews faced periodic severe limits on leaving Iraq, property confiscation and growing economic pressure.
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- Qassem government
- Where
- Iraq
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Prohibition and closure of the Jewish cemetery
Authorities banned use of the Jewish cemetery from 1963 and closed it completely in 1969, forcing Jews to bury their dead in a section of the general cemetery.
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- Soviet authorities
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Destruction7
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Confiscation of matzah flour from Jewish homes
Authorities seized flour intended for baking matzah in private Jewish homes.
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- Soviet authorities
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Jewish cemetery plowed up in Kaunas
The Jewish cemetery was plowed up and Jews were ordered to bury their dead in the general cemetery, though a separate Jewish section was later permitted.
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- Soviet authorities
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Police break up Gomel minyan
Police dispersed a prayer gathering in Gomel and confiscated two Torah scrolls and all religious articles.
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- Police
- Where
- Homel (Gomel), Belarus
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Demolition of the Makó synagogue
The synagogue of Makó was torn down in the late 1960s.
- By
- Unknown
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Jewish cemetery of Kishinev closed and desecrated
The old Jewish cemetery was halved for development and then fully closed in the 1960s, with tombstones damaged and destroyed.
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- Soviet authorities
- Where
- Chișinău (Kishinev), Bessarabia, Moldova
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Antisemitic attacks on Alabama Jews in the 1950s and 1960s
A wave of antisemitic attacks struck Jewish institutions in Alabama, including the firebombing of a synagogue in Gadsden and an attempted bombing of a Birmingham temple.
- By
- Unknown
- Where
- Alabama, United States
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Demolition of Jewish buildings in Mikulov under Communist rule
Apart from the Old Synagogue, the town's Jewish buildings were all demolished under the Communist regime.
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- Communist regime
- Where
- Mikulov, Moravia, Czech Republic
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Genocide1
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Frankfurt Auschwitz trials
The Frankfurt Auschwitz trials occur, the first trial of German Holocaust perpetrators by the West German civilian judicial system
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- West German civilian judicial system
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Readmission / emancipation1
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Easing of restrictions on Jewish life
Political changes led to resumed Jewish activities, rehabilitation of wrongly imprisoned Jews and easier employment.
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- Czechoslovak government
- Where
- Bratislava, Slovakia
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