Persecution of Jews in the Netherlands

Crusaders
During the abortive Crusade of 1308 and 1309, Crusaders laid siege to Born Castle near Sittard and killed over a hundred Jews. In Leuven, Crusaders gave Jews the choice between conversion to Christianity and death.

Persecution of Jews during the Black Death
Jews were falsely blamed for the Black Death or bubonic plague pandemic in Europe during the mid-1300s. They were persecuted and massacred. Jews were often used by Christians to blame due to their resentment of them considering the antisemitic Christian belief that Jews as a people hold the responsibility for killing Jesus Christ or Jewish deicide. Many Jews were murdered in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, and the Netherlands.