Basel Massacre
1349 in Europe14th-century massacres14th century in SwitzerlandHistory of BaselJewish Swiss history ... and 2 more
Jews and Judaism in BaselMedieval anti-Jewish pogroms
The Basel Massacre was an anti-Semitic episode in Basel, which occurred in 1349 in connection with alleged well poisoning as part of the Black Death persecutions, carried out against the Jews in Europe at the time of the Black Death. A number of Jews, variously given as between 300 and 600 (according to contemporary Medieval chronicles) or 50 to 70 (according to some modern historians) were burned alive, after being locked in a wooden structure built on a nearby island in the Rhine. Jewish children were apparently spared, but forcibly baptized and sent to monasteries. The event occurred on January 16.
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Kaufhausgasse, Basel Altstadt Grossbasel
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Basel-City, Switzerland
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