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Sigismund III
המלך זיגמונט ווו
King who ruled that Jews could not belong to craft guilds in 1629.
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... היהודים פנו אל העיריה וגם אל המלך, אולם
לשוא. ב־20 ביולי 1629 הכריע המלך זיגמונט ווו
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