The following is an incomplete list of

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s that have occurred in present-day

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and its predecessors:

Massacres up until the year 1000

The following is a list of

s that have occurred in the territory of the present-day Germany before the year 1000:

Massacres during the First Crusade of 1096

In May and June 1096, during the

Rhineland massacres The Rhineland massacres, also known as the German Crusade of 1096 or ''Gzerot Tatnó'' ( he, גזרות תתנ"ו, "Edicts of 4856"), were a series of mass murders of Jews perpetrated by mobs of French and German Christians of the People's Cru ...

, about 2,000–2,800 Jews have been killed by mobs of German and sometimes French Christians of the People's Crusade or committed suicide to avoid baptism. Up to 95% of all killings happened between May 25 and June 1 in the three massacres of Worms, Speyer and Cologne. At least 1,600 killings are well testified, but some estimates run up to 5,000 or even 10,000 victims, thus annihilating about 1/4 to 1/3 of the Ashkenazi population of the time. In Jewish historiography, these events are referred to as Gezerot Tatnu which means ''"the

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of he year 456"'' of the Jewish calendar. The first persecutions of this group happened in late 1095 in France (Rouen riot of ecember?1095, a smaller massacre there happening in September 1096 only, when the Rhineland massacres were over), than in Reims, Verdun and Metz (22 killed in June 1096), the latter two cities not yet belonging to France at that time. The key person of the Rhineland massacres was Count Emicho von Leiningen who led undisciplined troops of up to 10,000 crusaders.

Massacres during the Years 1097 to 1347

Black Death Jewish persecutions There were a series of violent attacks, massacres and mass persecutions of Jews during the Black Death. Jewish communities were falsely blamed for outbreaks of the Black Death in Europe. Violence were committed from 1348 to 1351 in Toulon, Barcelo ...
1348 to 1351

These series of massacres, which resulted in the partial or complete destruction of 210 Jewish communities in the Rhineland and 350 in all of Germany, started in Southern France (Toulon, April 1348) and Spain (Barcelona), than spread to Switzerland and South West Germany. 510 events documented all over Europe.

Massacres of the 15th Century

Massacres of the 16th to 18th Century

Massacres between 1800 and 1933

Killings and Massacres in Nazi Germany 1933–1945

Most of the atrocities of this time happened outside of Germany, especially in Eastern Europe.

Killings in Germany after 1945

Massacres up until the year 1000

Massacres during the First Crusade of 1096

Massacres during the Years 1097 to 1347

Black Death Jewish persecutions There were a series of violent attacks, massacres and mass persecutions of Jews during the Black Death. Jewish communities were falsely blamed for outbreaks of the Black Death in Europe. Violence were committed from 1348 to 1351 in Toulon, Barcelo ...
1348 to 1351

Massacres of the 15th Century

Massacres of the 16th to 18th Century

Massacres between 1800 and 1933

Killings and Massacres in Nazi Germany 1933–1945

Killings in Germany after 1945

References

See also

Massacres up until the year 1000

Massacres during the First Crusade of 1096

Massacres during the Years 1097 to 1347

Black Death Jewish persecutions There were a series of violent attacks, massacres and mass persecutions of Jews during the Black Death. Jewish communities were falsely blamed for outbreaks of the Black Death in Europe. Violence were committed from 1348 to 1351 in Toulon, Barcelo ... 1348 to 1351

Massacres of the 15th Century

Massacres of the 16th to 18th Century

Massacres between 1800 and 1933

Killings and Massacres in Nazi Germany 1933–1945

Killings in Germany after 1945

References

See also

Black Death Jewish persecutions There were a series of violent attacks, massacres and mass persecutions of Jews during the Black Death. Jewish communities were falsely blamed for outbreaks of the Black Death in Europe. Violence were committed from 1348 to 1351 in Toulon, Barcelo ...
1348 to 1351