Trent, in northern Italy, and Sandomierz, in eastern Poland, are hundreds of miles apart but share a ghastly connection: both were sites of anti-Jewish libels hundreds of years ago. In 1475 in Trent and in 1698 and 1710 in Sandomierz, Jews were falsely accused of killing Christian children. Both towns have remnants of these hideous […]

Original source: https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2023/03/23/reckoning-with-a-troubled-past-simon-of-trento-invention-of-the-culprit/