18th century
Plunder of the Jewish quarter by French and Bavarian troops upon the city's departure, on the eve of the expulsion decree
1743·Prague
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Marie-Thérèse decreed the expulsion of the Jews from Bohemia, a measure that history would remember as one of the last general expulsions in Western Europe. On the eve of the decree, the French and Bavarian troops evacuating Prague pillaged the Jewish quarter.
The order of events matters: the community was first stripped bare by passing armies, then driven out by its sovereign. The remonstrances of the European powers and fiscal self-interest would eventually bring about the repeal of the decree, but years later, and only after the oldest community in Central Europe had been scattered and ruined.
- Period :
- 18th century
- Type :
- Expulsion
- Region :
- Central and Eastern Europe
- Country :
- Tchéquie
Chroniques du quartier juif de Prague ; actes de la chancellerie de Bohême.