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13th–14th centuries

« Judenschlacht »

1241·Francfort

Toll
~180

The toll is reproduced exactly as the source states it — never rounded, never added to another. Tolls overlap from one event to the next.

A quarrel born, according to the chroniclers, around a young man from the community who wished to be baptized turned into a general riot. The Jews of Frankfurt armed themselves and fought back; the fire set to their homes spread to the neighboring quarter and part of the city burned with them.

The German chronicles name the event the *Judenschlacht*, the "battle of the Jews" — the word indicates that it was not seen as a massacre but as a confrontation. A small number received baptism and were spared.

Frederick II, who held the Jews to be subjects of his chamber, demanded reparation from the city and imposed a fine upon it; the community reconstituted itself, and Frankfurt would become in the following century one of the most important in Germany.

Period :
13th–14th centuries
Type :
Massacre
Region :
Western Europe
Country :
Allemagne
Sources

*Annales de Francfort* ; *Memorbuch* de Nuremberg.

At the same place7

  1. 1349Black Death Massacresinconnu
  2. 1511Seizure of Hebrew books, before Reuchlin's interventiontoll not established
  3. 1614-1615Fettmilch riotsquelques morts
  4. 1614Looting of the Judengasse by the rioters of Vincenz Fettmilch2
  5. août 1819« Hep-Hep » Riotsinconnu
  6. 9-10 nov. 1938Kristallnacht in Frankfurtbilan non établi
  7. 19 oct. 1941First convoy departed from Frankfurtbilan non établi

In the same country298

  1. 1012Expulsion of the community by Henri II; Gershom ben Juda, "light of the exile", loses his son there, forcibly convertedtoute la communauté
  2. 1096Massacres of the First Crusade in the Rhineland~800 à Worms, ~1 000 à Mayence ; total 5 000-12 000
  3. 18 et 25 mai 1096Two massacres~800
  4. Mai-juin 1096The archbishop disperses the community in seven neighboring towns; the crusaders massacre them one by one in Juneplusieurs centaines
  5. 3 mai 1096Sabbath attack by the crusaders of Emicho of Flonheim; Bishop Jean shelters the survivors in his castles and has murderers executed11
  6. 27 mai 1096Assault on the palace of Archbishop Ruthard~1 100
  7. Juin 1096The refugees of Cologne take their own lives in the refectory hall at the moment of the Sabbath mealinconnu
  8. Juin 1096Jews driven into the Danube and forcibly baptized en masse; Henry IV would later permit them to return to Judaismtoute la communauté baptisée

And 290 more in the catalogue.

Event 196 of 2483, in chronological order · 13th–14th centuries: 398 events in the catalogue

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