Part of my series on conspiracy theories.
If you go back to the middle ages period.....there's this episode that occurs around the Black Plague era, where Jews are suddenly accused of poisoning wells in central Europe.
Proof? Zero. Oh, you had wells where the water was contaminated, and no one argues that point. But to suggest it was one particular group or Jewish related? None.
This conspiracy accusation triggered various Jews to be 'grabbed', and in some cases....executed....based strictly upon rumors going out of control.
A similar type accusation started up in USSR in the 1950s....where Jewish doctors were dumped upon with wild accusations. A couple hundred of them were actually detained, and some history suggestions go to the idea that several were executed based (again) on wild rumors with no proof.
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