Die Brandkatastrophe in Nachod und die Austreibung der Juden aus Böhmisch Skalitz (1663—1705)
The Fire Disaster in Nachod and the Expulsion of the Jews from Bohemian Skalitz (1663-1705)

Author(s): Tobias Jakobovits
Subject(s): Jewish studies, Local History / Microhistory, 18th Century
Published by: CEEOL Digital Reproductions / Collections
Keywords: 30-Years-War; jewish a´taxation; census of Jewish population;
Summary/Abstract: Until the end of the 1820s, no special attention was paid to the question of settlement and popula-tion of Jews by the authorities. If we look at some random reports about the number of Jews in the cities, resp. rule districts, the first official comprehensive conscription of Jews living in Bohe-mia, as far as it is known at least, was made in 1618. However, this record cannot be described as an actual conscription in the modern sense of the word, since it cited neither the sex, nor the age and name of the Jews, but only recorded how many persons and Jewish families lived in the area in question. This count, which was apparently ordered for fiscal reasons to determine the total stock of Jews eligible to contribute in Bohemia, came after the Thirty Years War, when the anti - Semitic mood in the official Viennese circles reached its peak in spite of frequent and urgent reminders of the Bohemian Chamber The advent of reduction efforts reached its highest level for the first time at the Bohemian Diet of 1650.

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