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A bit of Jewish History from my German Hometown Frankfurt am Main starting from 1462 !

https://archive.org/stream/bub_gb_2wDgTvwqF6wC/bub_gb_2wDgTvwqF6wC_djvu.txt

you may want to check this out quickly before it disappears from the web eventhough it is a historic analysis back from 1904-1906 and part of Harvard University Library and stored at archive.org. The Analysis is in German but can be easily translated with translation tools on the web.

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Lee M. Friedman '93

a second site shows original documents when the "Judengasse"was raided (not the first or last time)

https://germanhistory-intersections.org/de/deutschsein/ghis:image-232

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How about jewish History in Russia:

INTRODUCTION

As detailed in the following chronology, throughout Russian and Soviet history the Jewish population was the subject of official policies of isolation, control or forced assimilation. Successive "Jewish policies" were influenced by a number of factors including general religious and nationalities policies, external considerations and the personal traits of the leaders of the time. In the late 15th century, for example, Tsar Ivan IV, "the Terrible" (1533-84), imposed a series of residential restrictions on the Jewish population (Basok and Benifand 1993, 11). This policy was echoed in Catherine II's creation of the Jewish Pale in the 1790s and, later, Stalin's efforts at population control. At the same time, because the leaders were usually unclear as to their intentions for the country's Jews, legislation was often inconsistent from regime to regime, and even during the same administration.

Popular or "grassroots" anti-Semitism has also shaped the history of Russian/Soviet Jewry, at times erupting into violent pogroms. Such episodes appear to be more likely during periods of political and economic turmoil and, according to one interpretation, when nationalist organizations are political allies of government (ibid., 6).

CHRONOLOGY

1727

Catherine I orders all Jews expelled from Russia, although to what extent the order is implemented is unclear (Baron 1964, 12-13; Dubnow 1916, Vol. 1, 249-51; Skoczylas 1973, 3).

1742

Elizabeth I re-orders the expulsion of the Jews, although she makes an exception for those willing to convert to Russian Orthodoxy. Elizabeth applies the policy more strictly than her predecessors and according to one report, 35,000 Jews were expelled between 1742 and 1753 (Baron 1964, 13-14; Dubnow 1916, Vol. 1, 254-58).

1772/1793/1795

source: https://www.refworld.org/reference/countryrep/irbc/1994/en/22048

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