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13th–14th centuries

Rintfleisch Massacres in Upper Franconia

1298·Bayreuth

Toll
inconnu

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

the community destroyed

The community of Bayreuth was destroyed during the Rintfleisch massacres. This is the first known mention of Jews in this Upper Franconian town, and it is one of their destruction.

The case is not uncommon: for many German localities, the Memorbuch that records the dead is the only proof that a community had ever existed there. One learns at once that it was and that it ceased to be, and the history of a local Judaism then resides entirely in a list of names.

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

Nürnberger Memorbuch ; Germania Judaica ; Salfeld, Das Martyrologium des Nürnberger Memorbuches.

At the same place

The catalogue holds no other event at Bayreuth.

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

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