The first massacres directly related to the plague took place in April 1348 in Toulon , France , where the Jewish quarter was sacked , and forty Jews were murdered in their homes , then in Barcelona . In 1349 , massacres and persecution spread across Europe , including the Erfurt massacre ( 1349 ) , the Basel massacre , massacres in Aragon , and Flanders . Two thousand Jews were burnt alive on 14 February 1349 in the Strasbourg massacre , where the plague had not yet affected the city
Erfurt massacre ( 1349 )
Erfurt massacre (1349)
Antisemitic canard