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13th–14th centuries

Black Plague Massacres in Saxony

1349·Wittenberg

Toll
inconnu

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the community destroyed

The community of Wittenberg, on the Elbe, was destroyed during the Black Death.

The city became two centuries later the city of the Reformation; it was from there that Luther published, at the end of his life, the writings against the Jews that weighed so heavily on modern Germany. Medieval Judaism in Wittenberg, however, had disappeared long before.

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

Salfeld, Das Martyrologium des Nürnberger Memorbuches ; Graus, Pest, Geissler, Judenmorde.

At the same place1

  1. 1543Publication of Luther's « Von den Juden und ihren Lügen », calling for the burning of synagogues, destruction of houses and confiscation of books — text reprinted by persecutors through the twentieth centurytoll not established

In the same country304

  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 296 more in the catalogue.

Event 386 of 2483, in chronological order · 13th–14th centuries: 398 events in the catalogue

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