This article lists expulsions, refugee crises and other forms of displacement that have affected Jews.
Fall of Jerusalem; Solomon's Temple is on fire
Expulsion of Jews from Frankfurt in 1614
First batch of refugee children arrive in England from Germany
Buchenwald survivors arrive in Haifa
General Order No. 11 (1862)
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General Order No. 11 was a Union army order issued by Major General Ulysses S. Grant on December 17, 1862, during the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War. The order expelled all Jews from Gra
Expulsions and exoduses of Jews
…to the western parts of the empire by means of deportation. 19th century 1862 Tennessee, Mississippi, Kentucky Jews expelled by Ulysses S. Grant by General Order No. 11. 1880–1910s Pogroms in the Russian Empire: around 2.5 million Jews emigrated from eastern Europe, mostly to the United States. 20th century 1917 Jews…
Grant in 1861
General Ulysses S. Grant
Grant's Asst. Adjt. Gen. John Rawlins strongly objected to issuing General Orders No. 11.
Confederate Major General Earl Van Dorn. Van Dorn's December 20, 1862 Holly Springs Raid, Grant's Union supply depot, spared many Jewish people from potentially being expelled from Grant's military district.