Portuguese community in 17th century Amsterdam and the Ashkenazi World
TitleThe Portuguese community in 17th century Amsterdam and the Ashkenazi World
Author
Call number949.2004924/0004
Object number09877b
Place of publicationJerusalem
PublisherHebrew University
Year of publication
1989
Physical descriptionpp.23-45
MaterialArticle
ISBN9023223438
NotesArticle from Dutch Jewish History: Proceeding of the Fourth Symposium on the History of the Jews in the Netherlands 7-10 December -Tel-Aviv- Jerusalem, 1986 vol II, pp.23-45
Description
In 17th century Amsterdam former "New Christians" who had returned to Judaism had fled from the persecution of the Inquisition. German and Polish Jews had fled from the problems of the Thirty Years War, pogroms and the wars of the Poles against the Russians and Swedes.
