Comments on: Treasures of the Black Death http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/2011 History fetish? What history fetish? Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:54:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: livius drusus http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/2011/comment-page-1#comment-27025 livius drusus Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:08:43 +0000 http://www.thehistoryblog.com/?p=2011#comment-27025 It is horrifying to think about the victims of these mass-murders, especially with artifacts like these which testify to their most special moments. :( It is horrifying to think about the victims of these mass-murders, especially with artifacts like these which testify to their most special moments. :(

]]> By: Dina http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/2011/comment-page-1#comment-27020 Dina Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:38:15 +0000 http://www.thehistoryblog.com/?p=2011#comment-27020 This post chills my blood--the Black Death, entire Jewish populations being killed in a day, their unknown hoards all across Europe ... Hans' comment about the recycling is very interesting. I didn't know about the Erfurt synagogue. It is beautiful. This post chills my blood–the Black Death, entire Jewish populations being killed in a day, their unknown hoards all across Europe …

Hans’ comment about the recycling is very interesting.
I didn’t know about the Erfurt synagogue. It is beautiful.

]]> By: livius drusus http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/2011/comment-page-1#comment-26985 livius drusus Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:24:28 +0000 http://www.thehistoryblog.com/?p=2011#comment-26985 I'm sure there are many caches still cached. Of course, we don't know about all the ones that have been found because they might have been sold off on the sly. The Colmar hoard is reputed to have been considerably larger, but the finders didn't cough it all up. There's no evidence so nobody knows exactly what was found and where it all is. I’m sure there are many caches still cached. Of course, we don’t know about all the ones that have been found because they might have been sold off on the sly.

The Colmar hoard is reputed to have been considerably larger, but the finders didn’t cough it all up. There’s no evidence so nobody knows exactly what was found and where it all is.

]]> By: Hans http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/2011/comment-page-1#comment-26984 Hans Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:06:34 +0000 http://www.thehistoryblog.com/?p=2011#comment-26984 The jewelry is truly a snapshot in time because so much gold just got recycled over the years. I think I've heard a statistic along the lines of 90+ % of the gold around today is recycled from older gold and forms. There are sure to be more caches like this waiting to be found. Jews were persecuted all over Europe during the plagues. The jewelry is truly a snapshot in time because so much gold just got recycled over the years. I think I’ve heard a statistic along the lines of 90+ % of the gold around today is recycled from older gold and forms. There are sure to be more caches like this waiting to be found. Jews were persecuted all over Europe during the plagues.

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