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18th century

Expulsion of the Jews from the duchy following the execution of Joseph Süss Oppenheimer

1739·Wurtemberg

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the privilege of residence is revoked

Joseph Süss Oppenheimer had been the financier of Duke Charles Alexander of Württemberg; upon the duke's death, he was arrested, tried, and executed in Stuttgart. The residential privilege of the Jews of the duchy was revoked in the aftermath, and the community was forced to leave.

The affair is exemplary of the position of the "court Jew": indispensable to the prince while he lived, without any support when he died, and held responsible in the eyes of public opinion for everything the reign had produced that was unpopular. The trial would serve as material for propaganda that found takers well beyond that century — it is from this affair that Nazi cinema would draw one of its most widely distributed films.

Period :
18th century
Type :
Expulsion
Region :
Western Europe
Country :
Allemagne
Sources

Actes du procès de Stuttgart ; études sur les Juifs de cour dans le Saint-Empire.

At the same place

The catalogue holds no other event at Wurtemberg.

In the same country305

  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 297 more in the catalogue.

Event 871 of 2483, in chronological order · 18th century: 74 events in the catalogue

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