In 1802 The Treaty of Amiens gave the Order permission to return to Malta, and the 1814 Treaty of Paris gave Malta to Great Britain,
Napoleon’s “Reflections” (his book) says:
“The Jews provided troops for my campaign in Poland, but they ought to reimburse me. I soon found out that they are no ‘g00d for anything but selling old clothes”
‘On6 March 1808, ina letter to his brother, Jerome, King of Westphalia, Napoleon wrote:
more contemptible could be done than the reception ofthe Jews by you. I decided to improve the Jews. But do not ‘want more of them in my kingdom. Indeed, I have done all I can to prove my scorn of the most vile nation in the world”
Ordinances of the Napoleonic Code dated 17 March 1808 included:
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Every big and small Jew in the peddling trade must renew his license every year.
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Cheques and other obligations are only redeemable if the Jew can prove that he has obtained the money without cheating,
Ina speech before the Council of State on 30 April 1806, Napoleon stated:
“Legislation must be put in effect everywhere that the general well-being is in danger, The government cannot look with indifference on the way a despicable nation takes possession ofall the provinces of France. The Jews are the master robbers of the modern age; they are the carrion birds of humanity. ‘They must be treated with political justice, not with civil justice. They are surely not real citizens.”
Ina speech before the Council of State on 7 May 1806, Napoleon stated:
The Story Behind the Holocaust Forgive and Forget? Natalie Silverman, 2013