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The Strasbourg massacre occurred on 14 February 1349, when the entire Jewish community of several thousand Jews were publicly burnt to death as part of the Black Death persecutions. [ 1 ] Starting in the spring of 1348, pogroms against Jews had occurred in European cities, starting in Toulon . For the Jews, the next day was Shabbat. For Strasbourg’s Christian citizens, the next day was February 14, St. Valentine’s Day. They designated this saint’s day as the date on which they would execute Strasbourg’s entire Jewish population. In the morning of Valentine’s Day, a large crowd assembled to watch. On February 14, 1349, the city of Strasbourg, France was the scene of a St. Valentine’s Day massacre 150 times worse than the more famous Chicago incident! Digging Deeper. Digging deeper, we find Strasbourg at the time an independent Imperial City located in the region now known as Alsace on the French-German border. On February 14, 1349 – St. Valentine’s Day – the Jewish residents of Strasbourg, in Alsace, were burned to death by their Christian neighbors. Estimates of the number murdered range from several hundred to more than 2,000. The St. Valentine's Day Massacre, the intended album title for rapper 50 Cent's second studio album. It was later retitled The Massacre, due to date pushbacks. The album was released on March 3, 2005. [18] Grand Theft Auto Online featured an update titled the Valentine's Day Massacre Special. The update released on February 14, 2014. [19] In American history, the “St. Valentine’s Day Massacre” refers to a gang killing on February 14, 1929. But the term could just as easily be applied to an event in Jewish history, as Yvette Alt Miller notes in her reflection on what the day signifies for Jews: Jacob von Königshofen"The Cremation of Strasbourg Jewry, St. Valentine's Day, February 14, 1349—About the Great Plague and the Burning of the Jews" Published in The Jew in the Medieval World, 1938 "The deputies of the city of Strasbourg were asked what they were going to do with their Jews. They answered and said that they knew no evil of them. The Cremation of Strasbourg Jewry St. Valentine's Day, February 14, 1349 - About The Great Plague And The Burning Of The Jews In the year 1349 there occurred the greatest epidemic that ever happened. Death went from one end of the earth to the other, on that side and this side of the sea, and it was greater among the Saracens than among the Valentine’s Day is problematic for Jews. Not only is it a saint’s day, but it’s got a nasty history of violence for us. According to Beliefnet.com: [Not] only is Valentine’s Day indisputably a Christian holiday that honors a Christian martyr, but several thousand Jews were martyred on the day named after him. According to Cecil Roth in his classic 'The Jewish Book of Days', it was on this day in 1349 that the Massacre of Strasbourg took place, perhaps the worst of the many anti-Jewish outrages that occurred during the Black Death. The American Murdered in the 1929 Hebron Massacre. 6 his inclusion in modern celebrations highlights one more difference between St. Valentine’s Day and Jewish The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre is the name given to the 1929 murder of seven mob associates as part of a -era conflict between two powerful criminal gangs in Chicago: the South Side Italian gang led by Al Capone and the North Side Irish gang led by Bugs Moran. Their meeting was the beginning plans of the St. Valentine’s Day massacre. On February 14, 1929 seven members and the North Side gang were lined up against. Police re-enactment of the shooting using the same garage, and wall, the men were killed one day earlier. a garage wall and executed. The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre occurred about 10:30 a.m. on February 14, 1929, inside the S.M.C. Cartage Company garage at 2122 North Clark Street on the north side of Chicago. Seven men associated with George “Bugs” Moran’s bootlegging operation were waiting inside the garage, presumably for a meeting to buy a hijacked shipment of St. Valentine and the Day’s Origins. Valentine’s Day was first instituted by Pope Gelasius I in 496 C.E. to commemorate the martyrdom of St. Valentine. Yet scholars know almost nothing about this St. Valentine. Most believe that Valentine lived in the late 3rd century C.E. St. Valentine's Day Massacre: In Your House, produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF; WWE as of 2002); a pay-per-view (PPV) professional wrestling event. It took place on February 14, 1999, at the Memphis Pyramid in Memphis, Tennessee. The St. Valentine's Day Massacre, the intended album title for rapper 50 Cent's second Frank Gusenberg (October 11, 1893 – February 14, 1929) was an American contract killer and a victim of the Saint Valentine's Day massacre in Chicago, Illinois. Early life [ edit ] The Cremation of Strasbourg Jewry St. Valentine's Day, February 14, 1349 - About The Great Plague And The Burning Of The Jews In the year 1349 there occurred the greatest epidemic that ever happened. Death went from one end of the earth to the other, on that side and this side of the sea, and it was greater among the Saracens than among the Chicago police suspected they were involved in the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre in 1929, but it was never proven. Early on, the Purple Gang hijacked liquor from rum runners along the Detroit River and later smuggled liquor in consortium with an affiliated group who called themselves the “Little Jewish Navy.”
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