1882 ⟶ May Laws in Russia
A series of "temporary laws" by Tsar Alexander III of Russia...
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📜 Oppressive Constitution for Jews in Russia
Oppressive constitution for the Jews issued by Czar Nicholas I of Russia.⟶
LegislationPersecutionDiscriminationRussia19th CenturyCzar Nicholas IJewish Community
Russia
🚪 Pogroms in Southern Russia and Mass Emigration
Pogroms sweep southern Russia, propelling mass Jewish emigration from the Pale of Settlement: about 2 million Russian Jews emigrated in period 1880–1924, many of them to the United States (until the National Origins Quota of 1924 and Immigration Act of 1924 largely halted immigration to the U.S. from Eastern Europe and Russia). The Russian word "pogrom" becomes international.⟶
PogromViolenceEmigrationRussiaUnited States19th centuryMass ViolencePale of Settlement
Russia
United States📜 May Laws in Russia
A series of "temporary laws" by Tsar Alexander III of Russia (the May Laws), which adopted a systematic policy of discrimination, with the object of removing the Jews from their economic and public positions, in order to "cause one-third of the Jews to emigrate, one-third to accept baptism and one-third to starve" (according to a remark attributed to Konstantin Pobedonostsev)⟶
May LawsDiscriminationRussiaAlexander IIIEmigrationPersecution19th century
Russia🚫 Introduction of the Nuremberg Laws
Nuremberg Laws introduced. Jewish rights rescinded. The Reich Citizenship Law strips them of citizenship. The Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor:
Marriages between Jews and citizens of German or kindred blood are forbidden.
Sexual relations outside marriage between Jews and nationals of German or kindred blood are forbidden.
Jews will not be permitted to employ female citizens of German or kindred blood as domestic servants.
Jews are forbidden to display the Reich and national flag or the national colors. On the other hand, they are permitted to display the Jewish colors.⟶
AntisemitismLegislationGermanyNazi GermanyNuremberg LawsDiscriminationCitizenshipPersecution
Germany