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Plunder of the Ghetto Following the Fettmilch Riots against the Jews of Frankfurt am Main Plunder of the Ghetto
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In August 1614, a gingerbread baker named Vincenz Fettmilch (d. 1616) led a mob that rampaged through the Judengasse (Jews’ street) in Frankfurt am Main, injuring and killing two or three Jews…

Contributor:

Matthäus Merian

Places:

Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)

Date:

1628

Subjects:

Print, Antisemitism, Jewish quarters, Christian-Jewish relations, Violence

Categories:

History, Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture
Engraved print of people fighting in chaotic city street.
Muscle Jewry
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Two years ago, during a committee meeting at the Congress in Basle, I said: “We must think of creating once again a Jewry of muscles.” Once again! For history is our witness that such a Jewry had…

Contributor:

Max Nordau

Places:

Berlin, Germany
Berlin, Germany

Date:

1903

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Rebellion, Violence, Antisemitism, Jewish quarters

Categories:

Political Culture, History