Damascus Affair: The murder of a Capuchin friar and his Greek servant leads to a highly publicized case of blood libel, against the Jews of Damascus

When

5 Feb 1840

Kind

Event

Coordinates

33.51° N, 36.29° E

Description

Damascus Affair: The murder of a Capuchin friar and his Greek servant leads to a highly publicized case of blood libel, against the Jews of Damascus.

Placed at the area around the site it links, Damascus.

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• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Mit dem Verschwinden eines Franziskanerpaters und dessen Dieners beginnt die Damaskusaffäre, eine Ritualmordanklage gegen in Damaskus lebende Juden”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “le meurtre d’un moine capucin italien, le père Tommaso déclenche l’affaire de Damas impliquant des Juifs accusés de meurtre rituel à un moment (1840-1841) où…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page