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| In this German woodcut from about 1495, a man carries logs to a fire in which Jews are being burned alive. Persecution of Jews during the Middle Ages began with the Crusades in 1096 and intensified during outbreaks of plague. Superstitious people blamed the plague on the Jews, whom they claimed had poisoned the water. In Spain during the late 1400s, Jews who had converted to Christianity could be sentenced to burning if they later recanted or were suspected of practicing Judaism. | ||||||
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