Were Jews Behind the Great Chicago Fire of 1871? (Conspiracy)

submitted ago by fukyboi

I was talking with somebody about the great Chicago fire and I said “what do you want to bet the Jewish population grew in the area just before the fire?” So I search DuckDuckGo and find the (((Wiki))) page for Jewish population in Chicago, is it the history section, and sure enough, not only did a massive influx of Jews arrive during the middle of the century, but also all of the Jews moved from downtown to the Lakeshore after the fire.

I haven’t taken the time to dig deeper, but I feel like this is a lead worth exploring.

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mememeyou ago

not sure, but they were behind the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. Have a taste of this sauce:

Jewish factory owners lecherously exploiting young female workers. Jew w/key (L-left) says, "not mine pizness if dey gets burned". Predates Jews locking escape doors in Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

"A Hebrew may not be depicted on screen as the owner of a sweatshop - though all sweatshop owners are jews ; but you may make a Christian clergyman anything from a seducer to a safe cracker" --- Henry Ford

"Much of the public outrage fell on Triangle Shirtwaist owners Isaac Harris and Max Blanck. Harris and Blanck were called "the shirtwaist kings," operating the largest firm in the business. Overworked and underpaid, garment workers struck Triangle in the fall of 1909. Management responded by hiring prostitutes to "strike women" and thugs and plainclothes detectives "to hustle them off to court on flimsy pretexts," according to an article in Survey magazine...witnesses testified that Blanck and Harris kept the door locked to prevent employees from pilfering shirtwaists. On the stand, Harris admitted to an almost obsessive concern with employee theft even though he conceded that the total value of goods taken over the years was under $25" --- Pilfering and work-breaks will not be tolerated.

Wiki: "The jury acquitted the two men of first- and second-degree manslaughter, but they were found liable of wrongful death during a subsequent civil suit in 1913 in which plaintiffs were awarded compensation in the amount of $75 per deceased victim. The insurance company paid Blanck and Harris about $60,000 more than the reported losses, or about $400 per casualty [THEY MADE MONEY ON THIS]. In 1913, Blanck was once again arrested for locking the door in his factory during working hours. He was fined $20."

fukyboi ago

Holy shit, first time hearing about this; thanks.