13th–14th centuries
Black Death Massacres in Alsace
1349·Molsheim
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 Molsheim, in the bishopric of Strasbourg, was destroyed during the Black Death.
Two centuries later, the town became a stronghold of the Counter-Reformation with its Jesuit college; Jews were not readmitted until after the Revolution.
- Period :
- 13th–14th centuries
- Type :
- Massacre
- Region :
- Western Europe
- Country :
- France
Sources
Graus, Pest, Geissler, Judenmorde ; Ginsburger, Les Juifs d'Alsace.