Sprache:
Deutsch
Erscheinungsjahr:
2007
Titel der Quelle:
Freiburger Rundbrief; Zeitschrift für christlich-jüdische Begegnung
Angaben zur Quelle:
14,4 (2007) 242-246
Schlagwort(e):
Christianity and antisemitism
;
Antisemitism History
;
Jews
;
Büren (Germany)
Kurzfassung:
Relates the history of a chapel in Büren (south of Paderborn), built in 1720 and dedicated to the memory of a host desecration in 1337, its miraculous revelation, and the punishment of the Jews who were blamed for it. A ballad sung during pilgrimages to the site tells the story of the event. It was only in 2006 that a former resident of Büren called attention to this matter of a false accusation against the Jews. Pupils at the local Gymnasium undertook to research it, and presented their findings in public. A tablet was then affixed to the entrance of the chapel, explaining that the legend was concocted as a retroactive justification for a massacre of Jews that had taken place in 1292.
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