19th century
Riots of the « Judenrumpel »
Févr.-mars 1848·Durmenach, Sundgau
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Jewish houses looted and families driven toward Switzerland during the troubles of 1848
In the spring of 1848, as revolution shook the July Monarchy, the villages of the Sundgau rose up against their Jewish neighbors. In Durmenach, where the community formed a notable part of the population, houses were looted, furniture thrown into the street and smashed; the episode would remain in Alsatian Memory under the name of "Judenrumpel," from the noise of the ransacking.
Families driven out crossed the nearby Swiss border or took refuge in Bâle and the neighboring towns before troops restored order. Many would return, but the riot accelerated the exodus toward Mulhouse, Bâle, and Paris that would empty the rural communities of the Sundgau within a few decades.
- Period :
- 19th century
- Type :
- Pogrom
- Region :
- Western Europe
- Country :
- France
Archives départementales du Haut-Rhin, rapports de gendarmerie ; travaux sur le judaïsme rural alsacien.