“Taxation of Jews to help with the Turks” (City) Council of Münster [Prince-Bishopric of Münster; Present-day Germany]: “Also Jews shall be required to help with the Turks (‘turckenhulp’), so that each Jewish person, may he be young or old, gives one Gulden tax and the rich Jews [shall] help the poor in their community with this tax/levy (’anslage’). From now on, each Jew who has assets exceeding 100 Gulden shall owe one Gulden per year.” [Researcher’s note: A similar order was issued on May 30, 1542.]
Westfalia Judaica III. Quellen und Regesten zur Geschichte der Juden in der Stadt Münster 1530-1650/1662. Herausgegeben von Diethard Aschoff. Institutum Judaicum Delitzschianum der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster. Band 3.1. (Jewish Westfalia III. Sources and Regests Regarding the History of Jews in the City of Münster 1530-1650/1662. Edited by Diethard Aschoff. Institutum Judaicum Delitzschianum at the Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Westphalia.); Münster; 2000; Researched and Translated by Ziba Shadjaani 10/25/2018