April 19

According to one web-site, April 19th is one of
the blackest days on the Jewish calendar. From the 11th century (1014) through
the 20th century (1943) this
date is remembered for the atrocities which took place. Below are a few: )

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April 18

 383: The Roman Emperors ended the exemption Jewish
religious leaders enjoyed from compulsory public service. “The order which Jewish men flatter themselves with and which
gives them immunity from the compulsory public services of decuri…

April
15

1191: Coronation of
Henry VI as Holy Roman Emperor during whose reign anti-Semitic riots took place
stretching from the districts along the Rhine all the way to Vienna.  Ephraim Ben Jacob of Bonn was one of the
leading Talmudist during t…

April
9

193: Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman
Emperor by the army in Illyricum.  Severus is the first emperor to ban
proselytizing by Jews.

423: Emperor Theodosius II reaffirms the Roman
law according to which “No Jew may purchase Christian…