In the Middle Ages, the Jews of Sopron (Odenburg) had issues with the municipality and the Habsburg Emperor intervened in favor of the Jews. Later when the Emperor needed money (Emperors are chronically short of money) he mortgaged his Jews. The legal status of Hungarian Jews was "King's slaves" and the rulers generally protected their"property" and the rights of the Jews.
Pic. Sopron's medieval synagogue.
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