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T he formal term for what the Trump Cult has visited upon the Haitian residents of Springfield, Ohio, is “blood libel.” Although foreigners and outsiders have doubtless been blamed for everything from droughts and floods to outbreaks of disease throughout human history, conspiracists have traditionally blamed Jews. Historians generally trace the term to the year 1144 in Norwich, England, when the corpse of a 12-year-old child was found.
As part of a campaign to establish the dead boy as a martyr and the church where he was buried as a (profitable) pilgrimage site, an enterprising monk wrote a series of tracts blaming local Jews for his ritual murder. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings.
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