Language:
German
Year of publication:
1986
Titel der Quelle:
Mit dem Zehnten fing es an
Angaben zur Quelle:
(1986) 114-129
Keywords:
Antisemitism History Middle Ages, 500-1500
;
Antisemitism History Middle Ages, 500-1500
;
Jews Taxation
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Jews Taxation
Abstract:
Jews were often required to pay money to avoid persecution or expulsion. From the First Crusade (1096), special taxes were imposed on them in Germany, and their wealth was regarded as belonging to the Crown. Discusses, also, persecutions in England (e.g. the blood libel in Norwich in 1144, and the massacre in York in 1190) which were linked with confiscation of Jewish property or imposition of taxes. English Jews who wanted to emigrate had to pay a fine. Mentions the high taxes demanded from Jews in 18th century Germany for letters of protection and for marriage licenses. In some places special Jewish taxes were abolished after the emancipation, but a general abolition was only enacted with the German constitution in 1871, despite protests by antisemites. Mentions, also, the Nazis' confiscation of Jewish property and the fine of one billion Reichsmarks imposed after the November pogrom in 1938.
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