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19th century

Synagogue fire followed by antisemitic riots in Pomerania

18 févr. 1881·Neustettin

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In the night of February 18, 1881, the synagogue of Neustettin, in Pomerania, is set ablaze. The investigation immediately turns against the community itself, accused of having set fire to its own place of worship to collect the insurance, and the accusation fuels in the following weeks riots that spread to neighboring localities: broken shop windows, families assaulted, shops pillaged.

The affair occurs at the moment when antisemitic agitation is organizing itself in Germany around petitions and newspapers, and it provides a rallying cry. The prosecutions brought against members of the community will collapse on appeal, but the fire and its aftermath will have demonstrated the speed with which an accusation could be turned against the victims.

Period :
19th century
Type :
Pogrom
Region :
Western Europe
Country :
Allemagne
Sources

Comptes rendus judiciaires prussiens ; presse allemande contemporaine et travaux sur l'antisémitisme wilhelminien.

At the same place

The catalogue holds no other event at Neustettin.

In the same country305

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  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 297 more in the catalogue.

Event 993 of 2483, in chronological order · 19th century: 111 events in the catalogue

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