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Minna of Worms (died in May 1096) was a Jewish businesswoman and martyr, killed by antisemitic Christians. She was an influential Jewish person, being a significant moneylender with clients and friends among the Christian nobility. Minna was one of the most famous victims of the 1096 Worms massacre which occurred during the First Crusade. She was murdered after refusing to convert to Christianity.

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1. Taitz, E.; Henry, S.; Tallan, C. (2003). The JPS Guide to Jewish Women: 600 B.C.E. to 1900 C.E. A JPS Guide Series. Jewish Publication Society. p. 111. ISBN 978-0-8276-0752-1.
2. Chazan, Robert (2002), Abulafia, Anna Sapir (ed.), "The Anti Jewish Violence of 1096: Perpetrators and Dynamics", Religious Violence between Christians and Jews: Medieval Roots, Modern Perspectives, London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, pp. 21–43, doi:10.1057/9781403913821_2, ISBN 978-1-4039-1382-1, retrieved 2024-01-20
3. Fine, Lawrence (2001-11-18). Judaism in Practice: From the Middle Ages Through the Early Modern Period. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-05787-3.
4. Chazan, R. (1996). European Jewry and the First Crusade. University of California Press. p. 122. ISBN 978-0-520-20506-2. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
5. Malkiel, David (2001-10-01). "Destruction or Conversion Intention and reaction, Crusaders and Jews, in 1096". Jewish History. 15 (3): 257–280. doi:10.1023/A:1014208904545. ISSN 1572-8579.

• Taitz, E.; Henry, S.; Tallan, C. (2003). The JPS Guide to Jewish Women: 600 B.C.E. to 1900 C.E. A JPS Guide Series. Jewish Publication Society. p. 111. ISBN 978-0-8276-0752-1.

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