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19th century

Riots following the accusation of ritual murder after the discovery of Ernst Winter's body: synagogue burned, troops sent to the city

1900·Konitz

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The discovery of the dismembered body of a schoolboy, Ernst Winter, triggers in Konitz an accusation of ritual murder and riots. The synagogue is burned down, and troops must be sent into the city.

The affair erupts in Wilhelmine Germany, in a Prussian province, at a time when one might have believed the blood libel extinct in Western Europe. It is not: it is taken up by the antisemitic press, debated in the Reichstag, and the crime would never be solved. Konitz stands as testimony to the fact that the medieval accusation survives intact within a modern state, provided a public is ready to hear it.

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

Presse allemande ; actes judiciaires prussiens.

At the same place1

  1. 1900Riots following a ritual murder accusationtoll 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 1035 of 2483, in chronological order · 19th century: 111 events in the catalogue

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