This Day in Jewish History 1421: Vienna Jews Who Rejected Baptism Are Burned Alive

Thirty-two men and 120 women who refused baptism were brought to Vienna and were burned alive.

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On March 12, 1421, the surviving Jews of Vienna – those who had survived the past year’s incarcerations, tortures and drownings, and who had not already chosen suicide over conversion – were set on fire,...
 
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