Vienna Gesera

The Vienna Gesera (German: Wiener Gesera, Yiddish: Wiener Gzeyre, Hebrew: גזרת וינה, romanized: Gezerat Wina, meaning "Viennese Decree") was a major anti-Jewish persecution of Jews in Austria between 1420 and 1421, ordered by Duke Albert V. This event is considered one of the largest Jewish pogroms in medieval Central Europe. The persecution led to the effective cessation of the Viennese Jewish community, with its members facing forced conversion, expulsion, imprisonment, and ultimately, the execution of over 200 Jews. Some Jews managed to escape, while others committed suicide. The name of the event comes from a contemporary Jewish chronicle titled Wiener Gesera.

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