List of massacres in Switzerland

The following is an incomplete list of massacres that have occurred in present-day Switzerland.

Black Death Jewish Persecutions 1348-49

Name	Date	Location	Deaths	Notes
La Tour-de-Peilz pogrom	October 23, 1348	La Tour-de-Peilz		Jewish community burnt. One of the earliest massacres of the 1348/49 persecutions in a town which belongs to Switzerland today.
Bern 1348 pogrom	November, 1348	Bern		Jewish community killed by burning. One of the earliest massacres of the 1348/1349 persecutions in a German speaking city.
Zofingen 1348 pogrom	November, 1348	Zofingen	4 + x	Four Jews killed in autumn after they had confessed under torture to have poisoned the wells. Most likely, the Jewish community of Zofingen was burnt soon later in November 1348. According to one source the Jews of the town haven't been killed, but expelled.
Solothurn 1348 pogrom	November, 1348	Solothurn		Complete Jewish community killed by burning. One of the earliest massacres of the 1348/1349 persecutions in a German speaking city.
Basel 1349 pogrom	January 16, 1349	Basel	about 60	Jewish community burnt.
Schaffhausen 1349 pogrom	February 22, 1349	Schaffhausen		Jewish community burnt.
St. Gallen 1349 pogrom	February 23, 1349	St. Gallen		Jewish community killed by burning.
Zurich 1349 pogrom	February 23, 1349	Zurich	about 60 (?)	The best source dates the event on evening of Feb 23 without giving further details. One source tells, the Jewish community of the city had been locked up in a house to be killed by burning them. One source dates the event on Feb 21. The Jewish community of Zurich at that time had about 100 members out of a population of 6,000. Sources indicate that several women and children have been spared as have been those willing to accept baptism.
Baden 1349 pogrom	March 18, 1349	Baden, Aargau		Jewish community struck dead or burnt.
Winterthur 1349 pogrom	September 18, 1349	Winterthur	330 Jews killed by burning	Jewish community of Winterthur and several other cities (among them Aarau) under the rule of Duke Albrecht of Austria burnt on a hill called Brühlberg. Albrecht has in vain tried to protect the Jews by sheltering them for several months in his castle Kyburg 7 km south of Winterthur.

Massacres in Switzerland between 1350 and 1900

Name	Date	Location	Deaths	Notes
Zurich night of murder	February 23-24, 1350	Zurich	50	15 killed on spot, 35 executed some days later after a conspiracy against Zurich has been crushed. The event happened exactly one year after the 1349 pogrom and was perceived by many as God's penalty for too hard proceeding against the Jews.
Schaffhausen 1401 pogrom	June 25, 1401	Schaffhausen	30	Jews killed by burning
Greifensee killings	May 25, 1444	Greifensee	62-68	Garrison of a castle beheaded after successful siege.
murders of Veltlin	September 18-19, 1620	Veltin	300-600	Protestants killed by Catholics; part of the Thirty Years War 1618-48.
Nidwalden killings	September 7-9, 1798	Canton of Nidwalden	about 400	Catholics killed by French Troops.

Massacres in Switzerland after the Year 1900

Name	Date	Location	Deaths	Notes
Romanshorn shooting	August 30-31, 1912	Romanshorn	7	Seven people shot, seven more injured including the mentally ill perpetrator.
Seewen murder case	June 5, 1976	Seewen	5	Five people shot, the crime has never been cleared up.
Zug massacre	September 27, 2001	Zug	15	People shot in the parliament of the Canton of Zug.

See also

• History of Switzerland
• List of battles of the Old Swiss Confederacy