The Damascus affair of February 1840 was the disappearance of an Italian monk and his servant in Damascus' Jewish quarter, for which a large number of Jews were summarily tortured until they "confessed" to murder. As an instance of antisemitism and a blood libel, news of the case spread, across the Middle East, to Europe, and the Western world.
The Damascus affair of February 1840 was the disappearance of an Italian monk and his servant in Damascus' Jewish quarter, for which a large number of Jews were summarily tortured until they "confessed" to murder. As an instance of antisemitism and a blood libel, news of the case spread, across the Middle East, to Europe, and the Western world.
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