Blasiuskapelle
Small chapel on Staufer castle foundations, bearing a memorial to the Jewish victims of 1298.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Blasiuskapelle in Rothenburg ob der Tauber begins with a stone on the chapel's north wall and the Hebrew words carved into it. It reaches back to the summer of 1298, to a butcher called Rintfleisch moving through Franconia, and to a town's Jewish community looking for somewhere safe to go. It also follows the money that changed hands afterwards. Stand by the north wall of the chapel in the castle garden as you listen.
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