Frederick II was King in Prussia from 1740 until 1772, and King of Prussia from 1772 until his death
Frederick wrote to a Polish prince in 1759:
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It is known that almost all the Jews under your domination have principally served as spies for my enemies, and I do not go into detail here on what grounds many of your Jews are suspected of being the responsible for the torching of Glogau, burning my magazines, at which, unfortunately, they have succeeded at only too well.”
Frederick rejected a offer of a Jew, sent by a Lithuanian nobleman, to send a report on the situation on the Polish-Russian border, saying
“I will never give money to Polish Jews or magnates.”
He advised his commander in the conquered city of Glogau:
“you have the most justified reason to keep a very vigilant eye on all people, and especially on the Jews,”
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we sent back to Poland over four thousand Jews who had been begging or stealing from the peasants.”
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