Schwarzer Valentinstag

In German. Translation: Black Valentine's Day: A criminal case from the Middle Ages \. What was it, as have died within months of 25 million people in Europe in the years 1348/49 on the black plague? Guenther Bentele has chosen this theme for his younger readers. The story begins in 1347 will be driven by the executioner to the knacker's yard in the city of Stuttgart, as the rich merchant mold Feldt and his son. Christopher, the son, fearing the worst. But the executioner must exercise mercy, which are sold only two out of town. On foot and without money, they fight through the Black Forest. Apparently they are even prosecuted. But Christopher's father survives the rigors not - he dies as a result of the torture that had been applied in Stuttgart in order to extort a confession. Christopher finds refuge in the Jewish community in Strasbourg. But the times are dangerous - from Italy, news comes from approaching the Black Death. In Switzerland, people claim that the Jews were blamed for the plague, they would poison the wells. Fast they are recognized as scapegoats and are brutally murdered. Bentele Guenther has written a thrilling novel about the Middle Ages. He introduces them to his young readers to the life of the German and Jewish population. He also provides explanations for the Holocaust and can be used torture, pogrom and plague describe their horror, without the language and its images are too brutal.