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A contemporary drawing of the 2000 Jews of Strasbourg being burned to death over a pit on Feb. 14, 1349 in the Strasbourg Massacre during the Black Death persecutions. The Jews were accused of causing the Black Death by poisoning the wells. Babies thrown out to be saved were thrown back into the fire. The monument to this massacre erected in the early 20th century was removed by the Nazis. |
| Date | approximately 1350 CE |
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Original publication: Medieval manuscript |
| Author |
Anonymous Medieval drawing |
| Permission (Reusing this file) |
A photograph of an anonymous drawing from a Medieval manuscript (Gillis Li Muisius) |
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English: The sole contemporary representation of the massacres of the Jews during the Black Death persecutions. The monument to the Strasbourg Massacre on the excavated site was removed by the Nazis and never replaced.
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