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Post-war and Arab world (1945–1970)

Wave of antisemitic desecrations

Déc. 1959 – janv. 1960·Cologne

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the great synagogue is covered with swastikas on December 24, followed by hundreds of incidents in Germany and worldwide

On December 24, 1959, the great synagogue of Cologne, rebuilt and reopened a few months earlier in the presence of the Chancellor, was covered with swastikas and abusive inscriptions by two far-right militants. The incident, widely reported, triggered in the weeks that followed a wave of similar events: desecrations of cemeteries, inscriptions on synagogues and shops, in West Germany and then in several countries across Europe and the Americas.

The wave, which the German press called the "swastika epidemic," revealed the persistence of active antisemitism fifteen years after the war and publicly raised the question of the incomplete denazification of the administration and of education. It led the Federal Republic to tighten its legislation on incitement to hatred and to reform the teaching of recent history.

Period :
Post-war and Arab world (1945–1970)
Type :
Pogrom
Region :
Western Europe
Country :
Allemagne
Sources

Rapports de police de Rhénanie-du-Nord-Westphalie ; presse allemande et internationale de l'hiver suivant.

At the same place7

  1. Mai-juin 1096The archbishop disperses the community in seven neighboring towns; the crusaders massacre them one by one in Juneplusieurs centaines
  2. 1146Preaching of the monk Raoulinconnu
  3. 1349Black Death massacresinconnu
  4. 1424Expulsion of the Jews of Colognetoll not established
  5. 1509Johannes Pfefferkorn obtains from Maximilian I the seizure of Hebrew books from the Rhinelandtoll not established
  6. 9-10 nov. 1938Kristallnacht in Colognebilan non établi
  7. 21 oct. 1941First convoy departed from Colognebilan non établi

In the same country298

  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. 3 mai 1096Sabbath attack by the crusaders of Emicho of Flonheim; Bishop Jean shelters the survivors in his castles and has murderers executed11
  5. 27 mai 1096Assault on the palace of Archbishop Ruthard~1 100
  6. Juin 1096The refugees of Cologne take their own lives in the refectory hall at the moment of the Sabbath mealinconnu
  7. Juin 1096Jews driven into the Danube and forcibly baptized en masse; Henry IV would later permit them to return to Judaismtoute la communauté baptisée
  8. Juin 1096Massacre of Cologne refugees in the Middle Rhine towninconnu

And 290 more in the catalogue.

Event 2290 of 2483, in chronological order · Post-war and Arab world (1945–1970): 80 events in the catalogue

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