Erfurt massacre (1349)
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The Erfurt massacre was a massacre of the Jewish community in Erfurt, Germany, on 21–22 March 1349. Accounts of the number of Jews killed in the massacre vary widely from between 100 and up to 3000. A
The Erfurt Alte Synagogue
Erfurt Treasure
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The Erfurt Treasure is a hoard of coins, goldsmiths' work and jewellery that is assumed to have belonged to a Jew of Erfurt, Germany who hid them in 1349 before perishing in the Erfurt massacre, one o
Erfurt massacre (1349)
…the attack. One such hidden cache of valuables probably belonging to merchant Kalman of Wiehe was found in 1998. The cache is now referred to as the Erfurt Treasure and is on permanent display at the newly restored 11th-century Old Synagogue museum in Erfurt. Persecution of Jews during the Black Death…
Some of the ingots