Blood dish
Blood court , euphemistically also people's court , describes a retaliation measure in times of war. In contrast to the blood jurisdiction of the Middle Ages, which punished individual crimes, the term stands for singular, locally specific events in which a large number of arbitrary executions take place. These are usually carried out on members of the losing party after political, religious or armed conflicts.
Examples of historical blood courts:
- Cannstatt Blood Court, a criminal court against Alemannic nobles
- Verden Blood Court
- Wiener Neustädter Blutgericht , a criminal court for leading members of the class opposition
- Thorner Blutgericht , a criminal court for leading Protestants in the city
- Lanškroun Blood Court, a criminal court against German residents of the city after the end of World War II
Individual evidence
- ↑ cf. for example Olaf Ihlau: The Untouchables strike back Der Spiegel , November 9, 1992
- ↑ cf. on the Eperies blood court, also "Eperies slaughter": Online encyclopedia on the culture and history of Germans in Eastern Europe Status: January 2018. Entry Eperies / Prešov / Eperjes , pp. 207, 210