False accusations explained
Every entry in the False accusation (libel) category records an accusation that was untrue. It is recorded because of the persecution it caused: arrests, torture, expulsions and massacres.
Blood libel
The false allegation that Jews murdered Christian children to use their blood in rituals. The first recorded case in Europe was at Norwich, England, in 1144. The charge was repeatedly condemned by popes and by the Catholic Church, which removed Simon of Trent from its calendar of saints in 1965. It led to violence into the twentieth century, including the Kielce pogrom in Poland in 1946 (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum).
Host desecration
The false charge that Jews stole consecrated communion wafers and abused them. Such accusations were used across medieval Europe to justify trials, executions and massacres of whole communities.
Well-poisoning
The false charge that Jews poisoned wells, above all during the Black Death of 1348–1351, when it was used to justify the murder of Jewish communities across Europe.
How Jistory writes about them
Entries say that the accusation was false ("falsely accused", "the false charge that…"). They never state an accusation against Jews as fact. If you find an entry that does, please report it; these reports are reviewed first.
Further reading: USHMM on blood libel · AJC Translate Hate glossary.