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La Mort aux Juifs

La Mort aux Juifs (French pronunciation: [la mɔʁ o ʒɥif]) was a hamlet under the jurisdiction of the French commune of Courtemaux in the Loiret department in north-central France from the 14th century until 2014. Its name has been translated as "Death to Jews" or "The death of the Jews". Origin of the name The name dates to the 14th century. According to toponymist Pierre-Henri Billy, the name was initially "la mare au juin″, which means "the liquid manure pond" in local old French. Like in other toponyms in the area, those words evolved, becoming ultimately "la Mort aux Juifs" with an intermediate form "la mare au Juif" quoted by the local historian Paul Gache. The transformation of "mare" (pond) into "mort" (death) is very frequent in old French toponyms, and "juin" (liquid manure) would have become "juif...