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9th January 1349: Jews massacred in Basel during the Black Death persecutions
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:02:49
Publish Date: 2018-01-08 21:05:55
Description: The Jewish population of Basel were massacred amidst accusations that they were responsible for causing the Black Death. The Black Death, which is estimated to have killed between 75 and 200 million people in the middle of the fourteenth century, arrived in central and western Europe in 1348. The pandemic spread through Savoy and soon began to kill people in the city of Basel. Convinced that the Jews of the city were dying of the disease less frequently than the Christians, the local population soon began to accuse the Jews of poisoning the wells. Although accurate statistical evidence is lacking, numerous ...
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