1556 ⟶ Jews Burned at the Stake in Sokhachev for Host Desecration
A rumor is sent around that a poor woman in Sokhachev named ...
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🔥 Jews Burned Alive in Posen for Host Desecration Allegation
A Christian woman is accused of stealing hosts and giving them to Jews for the purpose of desecration. Thirteen members of the Jewish community of Posen, along with the woman are all tortured and burned alive slowly. This story, however, does not appear until the latter half of the 14th century. The community is then forced to pay a special tax every year until the 18th century.⟶
Host DesecrationBlood LibelPosenReligious PersecutionViolenceLate Middle AgesJewish CommunityTaxationPoland
Poland🔥 Two Jews Burned at the Stake in Glogau for Host Desecration
Two Jews are burned to death for an alleged Host desecration in Glogau.⟶
Host DesecrationBlood LibelGlogauReligious PersecutionViolenceLate Middle AgesJewish Community
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🔥 Katarzyna Weiglowa Burned at the Stake
Katarzyna Weiglowa, a Roman Catholic woman from the Kingdom of Poland who converted to Judaism is burned at the stake in Kraków under the charge of apostasy for refusing to call Jesus Christ the Son of God. She is regarded by Jews (among others) as a Martyr.⟶
MartyrdomPolandReligious Persecution16th CenturyBurning at the stakeApostasyConversionIndividual ViolenceKatarzyna Weiglowa
Poland🔥 Jews Burned at the Stake in Sokhachev for Host Desecration
A rumor is sent around that a poor woman in Sokhachev named Dorothy sold Jews the holy wafer received by her during communion, and that it was stabbed until it bled. The Bishop of Khelm accuses the local Jews, and eventually three Jews along with Dorothy Lazhentzka are arrested, put on the rack, and sentenced to death on charges of Host desecration. They were burned at the stake. Before their death, the martyred Jews made a declaration: "We have never stabbed the host, because we do not believe that the host is the Divine body, knowing that God has no body nor blood. We believe, as did our forefathers, that the Messiah is not God, but His messenger. We also know from experience that there can be no blood in flour."⟶
Ritual murderHost desecrationSokhachevPoland16th CenturyFalse accusationsReligious persecution
Poland🩸 Ritual Murder Accusation in Brest-Litovsk
Brest-Litovsk: the son of a wealthy Jewish tax collector is accused of killing the family's Christian servant for ritual purposes. He is tortured and executed in line with the law. King Sigismund II of Poland forbids future charges of ritual murder, calling them groundless.⟶
Ritual murderBrest-LitovskPoland16th CenturyFalse accusationsKing Sigismund IIAnti-Semitism
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