1510 a.d. -- in berlin, the jews salomon, jacob, aaron, levi isaac, rabbi mosch and the butcher jacob were accused of buying a three- or four-year-old boy for 10 florins from a stranger, laying him on a table in a cellar, and puncturing him with needles in the large blood-rich veins until he was finally slaughtered by the butcher jacob. an enormous trial began, and eventually a hundred jews were locked in the berlin prison. they partially admitted to having bought children from strangers, stabbing them, draining their blood, and drinking the blood in case of illness or preserving it with tomatoes, ginger, and honey. no fewer than 41 of the accused jews were sentenced to death-by-burning after their confession. all the other jews were banished from the mark of brandenburg. (richard mun: 'the jews in berlin') 1520 a.d. -- the jews in hungary repeated the crime of 1494 by murdering a child in tyrnau and biring, and draining its blood. (acta sancta ii. bd. d. april p. 839) 1525 a.d. -- a ritual murder in budapest caused a widespread anti-semitic movement among the population. in this year the jews were expelled from hungary (henry desportes, le mystere du sang 81) 1540 a.d. -- at sappenfeld in bavaria, 4-year-old michael pisenharter was kidnapped from his father before easter and taken to titting (north of ingolstadt), where he suffered the most horrible tortures for three days, his veins were opened and his blood drained. the corpse showed signs of a crucifixion. the blood was found in posingen. (raderus, bavaria sancta. iii. bd. 176f) 1547 a.d. -- at rava in poland 2 jews stole a tailor's boy named michael and crucified him. (acta sancta ii. bd. april p. 839)
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