15th–17th centuries
Student riot against Jewry
1592·Poznań
Toll
inconnu
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The Jewish community of Poznań was attacked during a student riot.
This is the third such riot in a single generation in the same city. The communities of Poland settled the price of their peace with the colleges, and this arrangement, which the sources call a students' levy, shows how thoroughly disorder had become regular and predictable.
- Period :
- 15th–17th centuries
- Type :
- Pogrom
- Region :
- Central and Eastern Europe
- Country :
- Pologne
Sources
Ouvrages sur le judaïsme polonais et sur Poznań.