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Allegations that Jews were responsible for the Black Death. The Erfurt massacre was a massacre of the Jewish community in Erfurt, Germany, on 21-22 March 1349. [1] Accounts of the number of Jews killed in the massacre vary widely from between 100 and up to 3000.
- Massacre, pogrom
- Jews
- 21 March 1349
- Erfurt
By late 1349, the worst of the pogroms had ended in Rhineland. However, the massacres of Jews was starting to rise near the Hansa townships of the Baltic coast and in Eastern Europe. By 1351, there had been 350 incidents of anti-Jewish pogroms, and 60 major and 150 minor Jewish communities had been exterminated.
The Strasbourg massacre occurred on 14 February 1349, when the entire Jewish community of several thousand Jews were publicly burnt to death as part of the Black Death persecutions. [1] Starting in the spring of 1348, pogroms against Jews had occurred in European cities, starting in Toulon .
Aug 24, 2014 · The assault on the Jewish quarter of Cologne took place on the eve of St. Bartholomew’s Day, the night between August 23 and 24. According to some chronicles, many of the Jews elected to lock themselves within their synagogue and burn it down, rather than finding themselves confronted with a demand that they undergo baptism.
- David B. Green
- dbgiht@gmail.com
Aug 23, 2012 · When the inevitable counter-attack of the enraged mob took place, on August 24, many of them decided they would take their own lives rather than be murdered and set their homes on fire. Altogether, some 6,000 Jews burned to death that day.
- David B. Green
- dbgiht@gmail.com
Oct 20, 2016 · Anti-Jewish Riots in the Crown of Aragon and the Royal Response, 1391–1392 - October 2016 Skip to main content Accessibility help We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites.
'Anti-Jewish Riots in the Crown of Aragon and the Royal Response, 1391–1392 chronicles one single year’s daily violence, providing a comprehensive survey of the events that led to, and followed, the 1391 massacres that stunned Aragonese Jewries, where religious hatred laid the groundwork, and social and economic dynamics served to incite ...
