13th–14th centuries
Black Death Massacres in Silesia
1349·Glogau
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 Glogau, on the Oder, was destroyed during the Black Death.
The Silesian city, today Głogów, subsequently readmitted Jews and counted, in the modern era, one of the largest communities in the province, with a great synagogue and an ancient cemetery.
- Period :
- 13th–14th centuries
- Type :
- Massacre
- Region :
- Central and Eastern Europe
- Country :
- Pologne
Sources
Bondy et Dvorský, Zur Geschichte der Juden in Böhmen, Mähren und Schlesien ; Graus, Pest, Geissler, Judenmorde.