1236Crusaders Attack Jewish Communities and Attempt Baptisms

Crusaders attack Jewish communities of Anjou and Poitou and ...
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1349

💥 Destruction of the Jewish Community of Lucena

The mostly-Jewish town Lucena, Córdoba is captured by the Almohad Caliphate and local Jews are given the choice of Islam or death. This was the end of the Jewish community of Lucena.
Destruction of the Jewish Community of Lucena (1148)
Almohad CaliphateLucenaForced ConversionMassacreReligious ViolenceIberian Peninsula
SpainSpain

💀 Forced Mass Conversions and Killing in Marrakesh

Forced mass conversions in Marrakesh, over 1,000 Moroccan Jews are killed.
Forced Mass Conversions and Killing in Marrakesh (1232)
Medieval PeriodForced ConversionMassacreMarrakeshReligious Persecution
MoroccoMorocco

⚔️ Crusaders Attack Jewish Communities and Attempt Baptisms

Crusaders attack Jewish communities of Anjou and Poitou and attempt to baptize all the Jews. Those who resisted (est. 3,000) were slaughtered.
Crusaders Attack Jewish Communities and Attempt Baptisms (1236)
Medieval PeriodCrusadesForced ConversionMassacreAnjouPoitou
FranceFrance

💀 Massacres and Forced Conversions in Navarre

5,000 Jews are massacred and their houses are burned down following Anti-Jewish preaching by a Franciscan Friar from Estella, near Pamplona. That same years, the Jews of Navarre choose to burn their homes and synagogues and drown their children rather than be forcibly converted.
Massacres and Forced Conversions in Navarre (1328)
Forced ConversionMassacreSpainMedieval PeriodReligious PersecutionAnti-Jewish Violence
SpainSpain

🔥 Erfurt Massacre during Black Death Persecutions

The Erfurt massacre was a massacre of around 3,000 Jews as a result of Black Death Jewish persecutions
Black DeathPogromMassacreReligious PersecutionMedieval PeriodAntisemitismJewsGermany14th Century
GermanyGermany

💀 Destruction of the Jewish Community of Speyer

The entire Jewish population of Speyer is destroyed. All Jews are either killed, converted, or fled. All their property and assets was confiscated. Part of the Black Death Jewish persecutions.
Destruction of the Jewish Community of Speyer (1349)
Black DeathPogromMassacreReligious PersecutionMedieval PeriodAntisemitismJewsGermany14th CenturyForced Conversion
GermanyGermany