NOVEMBER 15/KISLEV 2
1348:
As the “Black Death” decimated Europe, Christians falsely accused Jews of causing the plague by poisoning wells in an effort to wipe out the Gentile population. This resulted in the masses persecuting and killing tens of thousands of Jews throughout Europe.
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