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The Coroner’s Report June 11, 2026 · Old Jewish quarter, Cologne, Holy Roman Empire (modern Germany)

The Night Cologne Killed Its Jewish Quarter

Cologne's Jewish community had stood since the fourth century. On the night of Saint Bartholomew, August 1349, a mob ended it in a few hours.

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The Coroner’s Report June 10, 2026 · Island on the Rhine, Basel, Bishopric of Basel (modern Switzerland)

The Pogrom That Came Before Strasbourg

Five weeks before the Strasbourg massacre, Basel built a wooden house on an island in the Rhine, locked roughly six hundred of its Jews inside, and burned it.

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The Coroner’s Report June 9, 2026 · Jewish cemetery, Strasbourg, Holy Roman Empire (modern France)

The Strasbourg Pogrom of Saint Valentine's Day, 1349

Six weeks before the plague reached the city, the council of Strasbourg deposed its mayors, replaced them, and burned the city's Jewish community alive.

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