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Jan 1, 1306
Expulsion of Jews in France
- causes exiles to refuge in the provence of Hainaut.
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Jan 1, 1309
Crusade of Jews in Belgium
- Jews who refused baptism were massecred
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Jan 1, 1311
Revival of the Jewish Economy
-Jewish Economy is revived
- Duke John II encourages the Jewish people to settle there -
Period: May 28, 1348 to May 28, 1349
The Black Death
- jews were Blamed for introducing the Plague in belgium
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May 28, 1536
Jewish Development in Belgium
-develop Stock exchange and sugar trade -
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Secret Synagauge in Antwerp Conducts Services
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Austria starts Ruling Belgium
- Allowed for a more open society attracting Ashkenazi Jews -Jews had to still pay special taxes
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Belgium is under French Rule
jews enjoyed greater freedoms -
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Dutch rule Belgium
Jews enjoy greater freedoms -
Belgium becomes independent
-officially recognizes Judaism
-Brussels-more french influenced Jewish community. has a high rate of assimilation
-Antwerp: Yiddish and flemish influences is a mroe traditional community. -
1939- The Formation of the Committee for Jewish Defence
The CJD was affiliated with the national belgian resistance movement. They hid Jews, fought as partisans, forged identity papers, and handed out food ration tickets. They helped distribute propaganda against the Nazis, establish a lending library, and maintain a jewish press. -
1939- Jewish Population in Belgium
In 1939 there are more then 100,000 Jews in Belgium. There are 55,000 in Antwep and 35,000 in Brussles. There are many other smaller communities in ghent, Liege, Arlon, Mons, Charleroi, Namiur, Oostende.
20,000 were German refugees wanting to go to the United States -
Nazis invade Belgium
Takes 18 days to be put under military rule lasting until 1944.
The Nazis had a very difficult time becuase the Belgan popultion like the Jews and helped them disguise the jewish populaiton.
Religion was not posted on cencuses and other religious documents in Belgium and therefore the Nazis had a hard time getting lists of people to export. In 1942, the nazis had difficulty finding Belgian poliece officers to put yellow bages on Jews. -
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More then 25,000 Jews perish in the Holocaust
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First Belgan Jews Deported to Concentration Camps
Amost all Belgan jews went to Aushwitz, very few survived. -
Belgium assists with the creation of Israel
After the war belgium vores for the partition of Palestine and the creation fo a jewish State at the United Nations General Assembly. It became one of the first countries to establish diplomatic relations with Israel. -
1970 Jewish Population
Jewish Population is about 40,000 in Antwerp and Brussles combined. -
5,000 Jews Enroll in the Belgian Zionist Federation
A year later, the largest Jewish organizaitons creates the Coordinating Committee of belgian Jewish Organizations. -
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Attacks on El-Al passengers at Brussles Airport
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Trend of Holocaust Denial in Belgium
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Rioting in Antwerp
