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13th–14th centuries

Jews who took refuge in the synagogue were burned alive

1-2 mai 1265·Sinzig

Toll
61

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The Jews of Sinzig, on the Rhine, took refuge in their synagogue when violence broke out in the town. The attackers set it on fire and burned them alive inside.

The Rhenish *Memorbücher* preserve the nominal list of victims: this is the very purpose of these books, kept by the communities, to retain names when nothing else remains. Sinzig appears there with its date, and the names were read aloud in the synagogue on the appointed days.

The Archbishop of Cologne, on whom the town depended, ordered an inquiry opened; as elsewhere, it resulted in fines.

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

*Memorbuch* de Nuremberg ; annales rhénanes.

At the same place

The catalogue holds no other event at Sinzig.

In the same country305

  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 297 more in the catalogue.

Event 213 of 2483, in chronological order · 13th–14th centuries: 398 events in the catalogue

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