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15th–17th centuries

Expulsion from the margraviate of Brandenburg after the trial of Lippold, tortured to death in Berlin

1571-1573·Brandebourg

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Lippold, master of the Mint and financier of Elector Joachim II, is arrested upon his patron's death, accused of having poisoned him and then of sorcery; he is tortured and executed in Berlin. The trial serves as a pretext for Elector Johann Georg to pronounce the expulsion of the Jews from the margraviate of Brandenburg.

The ban on residence was maintained for a century. It came to an end only after the Thirty Years' War, when the Great Elector, seeking to repopulate and revive his territories, admitted families expelled from Vienna: from this admission was born the community of Berlin, destined to become one of the centers of European Jewish life.

Period :
15th–17th centuries
Type :
Expulsion
Region :
Western Europe
Country :
Allemagne
Sources

*Germania Judaica*, volume III ; Selma Stern, *Der preußische Staat und die Juden* ; Ludwig Geiger, *Geschichte der Juden in Berlin*.

At the same place2

  1. 1446Frederick II has the Jews of the margraviate arrested and their property confiscated before expelling themtoute la communauté
  2. 1510Host Desecration Accusationtrente-huit brûlés

In the same country303

  1. 1012Expulsion of the community by Henri II; Gershom ben Juda, "light of the exile", loses his son there, forcibly convertedtoute la communauté
  2. 1096Massacres of the First Crusade in the Rhineland~800 à Worms, ~1 000 à Mayence ; total 5 000-12 000
  3. 18 et 25 mai 1096Two massacres~800
  4. Mai-juin 1096The archbishop disperses the community in seven neighboring towns; the crusaders massacre them one by one in Juneplusieurs centaines
  5. 3 mai 1096Sabbath attack by the crusaders of Emicho of Flonheim; Bishop Jean shelters the survivors in his castles and has murderers executed11
  6. 27 mai 1096Assault on the palace of Archbishop Ruthard~1 100
  7. Juin 1096The refugees of Cologne take their own lives in the refectory hall at the moment of the Sabbath mealinconnu
  8. Juin 1096Jews driven into the Danube and forcibly baptized en masse; Henry IV would later permit them to return to Judaismtoute la communauté baptisée

And 295 more in the catalogue.

Event 744 of 2483, in chronological order · 15th–17th centuries: 278 events in the catalogue

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