2. The ghetto institution
The first ghetto was instituted in the year of 1516 on March 29th to keep the Jewish people away "om, the rest of
the population.
The Ghettos were guarded by soldiers in order to prevent, the Jewish people "om intermingling with the general
populations, for some it kept "om being beaten up by non-Jews. For the most part it was a burden which hurt
Jewish way of life.
The Ghettos kept Jews into certain societal roles such as money lenders or traders which did not a%ow them to
progress into society, these roles continued.
3. Napoleon and the Jews
Under Napoleon Jews were fina%y able to
receive equal rights in France.
The Jewish people were gathered to bring
their notable citizens, to adopt a more
Secular lifestyle to join the world.
The wave of democracy throughout
Europe convinced people to begin a%owing
Jews to live amongst their peers.
Napoleon conquests eventua%y reach Italy,
reaching the city of Venice in 1797.
4. Liberation of the Ghetto
The liberation of the Ghetto for the Jewish people was a life save. The felt joy of
fina%y believing they were worth something in society instead of the punching bag.
The people who celebrated came "om a% different parts of society "om clergy of the
Christians to the common man.
It wasn’t until July 1797 that the Jewish citizens of the Ghetto were able to
experience what is like to be looked upon as fe%ow citizens of a country before.
5. Pier Gian Maria de Ferrari
He is an obscure character which there is little to no history, at least translated into
English, of his life.
What we can gather "om his account in the destruction of the Ghetto wa%s is that he
seems to not be anti-semitic. He is seems to believe in Democracy and believes it applies
to people regardless of religion or race.
His account opens the door to the mind of the leaders of military who were put in
charge of taking down the wa%s of oppression, seeing how they viewed the liberation
and liberalization of society.
6. First hand account
The first hand account of Pier Gian Maria De Ferrari,
and how he felt about the Liberation of the Jewish
ghetto.
8. Sources
Weiner, Rebecca. "The Virtual Jewish History Tour- Venice." Jewish Virtual Library. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Oct 2012.
<http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/vjw/Venice.html>.
De Ferrari, Pier Gian Maria. "Tearing Down the Gates of the Venetian Ghetto (July 10, 1797)." The Jew In The Modern
World. Ed. Paul Mendes-Flohr and Ed. Jehuda Reinharz. Third. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, 2011.
146-147. Print.
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