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The Jewish population of Basel, believed by the residents to be the cause of the ongoing Black Death, is rounded up and incinerated.
In 1349, amid Black Death hysteria, Basel residents rounded up and incinerated the city's Jewish population.
During the plague of 1349, fear and superstition spread across Europe, fueling anti-Jewish violence.
On January 9, Basel's authorities arrested the entire Jewish community, accusing them of poisoning wells.
Over the following days, hundreds were forcibly confined and burned at the city's Judengasse.
This atrocity exemplified the tragic scapegoating faced by Jews during the Black Death.
Survivors fled to neighboring regions, and the massacre left a lasting scar on Basel's history.
1349
Basel
Black Death
rounded up and incinerated