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1400 BCE
Abraham
Abraham's family moved to Egypt and became slaves in the working force. -
1280 BCE
Moses
Moses led the Hebrews out of slavery and parted the Red Sea -
807 BCE
The Belts
Jews were forced to wear a yellow belt to separate them from the Christian -
721 BCE
Invasion of Israel
Assyrians invade and conquer Israel's northern tribes. -
70 BCE
Burning of the Jerusalem Temple
Roman invaders conquer Jerusalem, seize the city, and destroy the temple, which is never rebuilt. -
Apr 3, 1400
Abraham
The descendants of Abraham moved to Egypt and began working as slaves. -
Jews become Murders
Several Jews were accused of murdering a Roman Catholic monk and several of his servants. -
Jewish Child Kidnapped
Edgardo Mortara was kidnapped, at the age of six, from his Jewish family by Roman Catholic officials after they found out that a maid had secretly baptized him. He was not returned to his family but was raised a Catholic. He eventually became a priest. -
Transportation of Jews
600,000 Jews were forcibly moved from the western borders of Russia towards the interior. About 100,000 died of exposure or starvation -
Civil War in U.S.S.R.
Two hundred thousand Jews were murdered in the Ukraine alone. -
Hitler Came Into the Public
Hitler had published in Mein Kampf in 1925, writing: "Today I believe that I am acting in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator: by defending myself against the Jew, I am fighting for the work of the Lord." The Protocols are used by the Nazis to whip up public hatred of the Jews in the 1930's. -
Anti-citizenship
Jews had their citizenship taken away -
Stars of David
Hitler brought back century-old church law, ordering all Jews to wear a yellow Star of David as identification. A few hundred thousand Jews are allowed to leave Germany after they give all of their assets to the government. -
Murder of Jews During WW2
Polish citizens in Jedwabne in northeastern Poland killed hundreds of Jews, by either beating them to death or burning them alive in a barn -
World War 2 ends
Jewish people regain citizenship and other human rights -
In Poland
In some parts of Poland Jews were still being treated with anti-
Semitism.
