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• In 1744, Frederick II of Prussia
  Frederick II of Prussia
  
  Frederick II was a monarch of Kingdom of Prussia from the House of Hohenzollern. In his role as a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire, he was Frederick IV of Margraviate of Brandenburg....
   introduced the practice of limiting Jewish population to a small number of the most wealthy families, known as protected Jews. The first-born son in such families inherited this privilege
  Privilege
  
  A privilege—etymologically "private law" or law relating to a specific individual—is a special entitlement or immunity granted by a government or other authority to a restricted group, either by birth or on a conditional basis....
  ; other children were considered useless by the authorities and had an alternative to "either abstain from marriage or leave."

• After the establishment of the Pale of Settlement
  Pale of Settlement
  
  The Pale of Settlement was the term given to a region of Russian Empire, along its western border, in which permanent residence of Jews was allowed, and beyond which Jewish residence was generally prohibited....
   in Imperial Russia, only useful Jews , such as wealthy first guild merchants , persons who received higher education
  Higher education
  
  Higher education refers to a level of education that is provided by university, vocational university, community colleges, liberal arts colleges, Institute of technology and other collegiate level institutions, such as Vocational school, trade schools and career colleges, that award academic degrees or professional certifications....
  , cantonist
  Cantonist
  
  Cantonists were sons of Russian conscripts who from 1721 were educated in special "canton schools" for future military service ....
  s after serving in the army the full term (25 years), as well as some other categories, were allowed to live outside the Pale.

• During the Holocaust
  The Holocaust
  
  The Holocaust , also known as , Churben is the term generally used to describe the genocide of approximately six million European Jews during World War II, as part of a program of deliberate extermination planned and executed by Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler....
   in Nazi
  Nazism
  
  Nazism, officially National Socialism , refers to the ideology and practices of the National Socialist German Workers? Party under Adolf Hitler, and the policies adopted by the dictatorial government of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945....
  -occupied Europe, the Jews who helped implement the Final Solution
  Final Solution
  
  The Final Solution was Nazi Germany's plan and execution of its systematic genocide against History of the Jews in Europe during World War II, resulting in the final, most deadly phase of the Holocaust ....
  , such as members of Judenrat
  Judenrat
  
  Judenr?te were administrative bodies that the Germany required Jews to form in the German occupied territory of Poland, and later in the occupied territories of the Soviet Union...
   or the Jewish Police, were considered "valuable Jews" . They, and sometimes members of their families as well, were immune from deportation for extermination so long as they served the Nazis' purposes. Also, Jews who had helped plan the 1936 Summer Olympics
  1936 Summer Olympics
  
  The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, an international multi-sport event which was held in 1936 in Berlin, Nazi Germany....
   in Berlin were considered "useful" and were spared deportation.

• In the Soviet Union
  Soviet Union
  
  The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....
  , Jewish members of the Anti-Zionist Committee of the Soviet Public
  Anti-Zionist Committee of the Soviet Public
  
  On March 29, 1983, the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union has approved the resolution 101/62?? to "Support the proposition of the Department of Propaganda of the Central Committee and the KGB USSR about the creation of the Anti-Zionist Committee of the Soviet Public..."...
   were colloquially known as useful Jews or pocket Jews , implying their corruption by high positions in the state hierarchy
  Hierarchy
  
  A 'hierarchy' is an arrangement of items The word derives from the Greek language , from ?e?????? , "president of sacred rites, high-priest" and that from , "sacred" + , "to lead, to rule"....
  .

See also

• Court Jew
  Court Jew
  
  Court Jew is a term for historical Jewish bankers or businessmen who lent money and handled the finances of some of the Christian European noble houses....
  
• Schutz-Jude
• Shtadlan
  Shtadlan
  
  A Shtadlan was an intercessor figure who represented interests of the local Jew community in Medieval Europe, and worked as a "lobbyist" negotiating for the safety of Jews with the authorities holding power....
  
• Jewish Question
  Jewish Question
  
  The Jewish question was an issue for discussions and debate, particularly in western Europe and central Europe, during the French Revolution and into the nineteenth century by societies, politicians and writers on issues of Jewish legal and economic disabilities , Jewish emancipation and Jewish assimilation....
  
• Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski
  Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski
  
  Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski was a List of Polish Jews industrialist and Zionist activist and functioned as the Nazism-nominated head of the Judenrat, or Jewish authorities in the L?dz Ghetto....