Trial of Jews of Trent
Year: 1478
Type: Manuscript, handwritten on paper
Country: Trent, Germany
Repository: Yeshiva University Museum
In 1475, a two-year-old Christian boy named Simon disappeared in Trent, a small town in Germany. He was eventually found dead in the cellar of a local Jewish man, which began a blood libel and a fraudulent, violent investigation. Already brimming with…
