Several hundred Jews are burned to death by mobs while the remaining Jews are forcibly removed from Strasbourg.

History of the Jews in Europe

The history of the Jews in Europe spans a period of over two thousand years. Jews, a Semitic people descending from the Judeans of Judea in the Southern Levant, began migrating to Europe just before the rise of the Roman Empire, although Alexandrian Jews had already migrated to…

Death by burning

Execution or murder method

Death by burning is an execution, murder, or suicide method involving combustion or exposure to extreme heat. It has a long history as a form of public capital punishment, and many societies have employed it as a punishment for and warning against crimes such as treason, heresy,…

Strasbourg massacre

1349 public execution of Jews in Strasbourg, France

The Strasbourg massacre occurred on 14 February 1349, when the entire Jewish community of several thousand Jews were publicly burnt to death as part of the Black Death persecutions.

Strasbourg

Prefecture and commune in Grand Est, France

Strasbourg is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France, in the historic region of Alsace. It is the prefecture of the Bas-Rhin department and the official seat of the European Parliament.