Historical Accusations Against Jews

Of where they went time and time again, the Jews would be accused

of the same ritual crimes.

418 AD, Baronius reports the crucifixion of a

boy by the Jews at Im, between Aleppo and Antioch.

419 AD, in the Syrian district of Imnestar,

between Chalcis and Antioch, the Jews tied a boy to a

cross on a holiday and flogged him to death.

425 AD, Baronius reports the crucifixion of a

boy.

614 AD, after the conquest of Jerusalem, the Jews

purchased for a small amount of money ninety thousand prisoners from the

Persian king Chosros II and murdered them all in the most

disgusting of ways.

1071 AD, several Jews from Blois crucified a child

during the Easter celebration, put his body into a sack and threw it

into the Loire. Count Theobald had the guilty ones burned

alive.

1144 AD, in Norwich during Passover,

twelve-year-old Saint William was tied by the local Jews, hanged from a

cross, and his blood drained from a wound in his

side.

The Jews hid the corpse in the nearby woods.

They were surprised by a local citizen, Elverjus, who was bribed with

money to keep quiet. Despite this, the crime still became

notorious.