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Hep-Hep riots
The
Hep-Hep riots
from August to October 1819 were
pogroms
against
German Jew
s, beginning in the
Kingdom of Bavaria
, during the period of
Jewish emancipation
in the
German Confederation
. The
antisemitic
communal violence
began on August 2, 1819 in
Würzburg
and soon reached the outer regions of the German Confederation. Many Jews were killed and much Jewish property was destroyed.
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