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On what saint's day did the Cologne pogrom of 1349 destroy the city's Jewish quarter?
On the night of Saint Bartholomew, 23–24 August 1349, a Cologne mob destroyed the city's Jewish community — one of the oldest in northern Europe, with continuous existence since the fourth century. The plague had not yet reached Cologne. The archbishop and city council had earlier agreed to protect the Jews; the agreement collapsed under mob pressure and trade-guild resentment over Jewish moneylending.
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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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