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Nothing says Christian love like iron cages hanging to display the tortured, dismembered corpses of three Anabaptist leaders suppressed in the Münster Rebellion.

I will remember this any time I buy Munster cheese now.

https://www.reddit.com/r/HostileArchitecture/comments/vlkl4i/the_three_human_sized_cages_hanging_from_st/

> " I remember this any time I buy Munster cheese now." <

LOL!
Münster cheese is not from Münster, Germany; it originates from the Vosges region in France. The name "Münster" comes from the town of Munster in France, where the cheese was traditionally made.

I've worked in Münster for close to six month and saw the Lambertikirchturm every single day.
If you're interested in accurate history, let me know.

“Nothing says Christian love like iron cages hanging to display the tortured, dismembered corpses of three Anabaptist leaders”

Much like the “Christian love” shown toward my ancestor in 1612. He was an Anabaptist burned at the stake for heresy.

The reaction of the authorities was heavily shaped by
The rebels had not merely practiced adult baptism; they had instituted a violent, apocalyptic dictatorship.

They expelled all Catholics and Lutherans who refused re-baptism - This expulsion took place during a bitter winter storm. Elderly people, pregnant women, and young children were forced into the freezing countryside-

, Anyone who remained in the city had to accept adult baptism or face immediate execution as an infidel

instituted forced polygamy (executing women who resisted), declared Jan of Leyden "King of the New Jerusalem," and .

The allied forces viewed the leaders not as misguided Christians, but as literal agents of Satan who had brought bloodshed and chaos to the region

And going back to the communist part of the title. That if course ticked off the secular authorities!!

Matthys and his council abolished all private ownership of money and goods, arguing that true Christians must hold everything in common.

To prevent intellectual dissent and eliminate the past, the rebels gathered all non-biblical books, manuscripts, and archives from the city’s libraries and burned them in massive public bonfires

Jan of Leyden declared himself king of new Jerusalem (Munster), The death penalty was instituted for an exhaustive list of offenses, including swearing, gossiping, complaining about food shortages, insulting the king, or disobeying parents.Public executions became a frequent tool of terror. Jan of Leyden personally beheaded several citizens in the marketplace to enforce compliance and strike fear into the starving population

Women who refused to enter polygamous marriages, or who resisted their forced husbands, were imprisoned or publicly executed. One of Jan's own sixteen wives, Elisabeth Wandscherer, spoke out against his opulence while the public was starving; Jan personally beheaded her in the marketplace and stomped on her corpse while his other wives sang hymns

While the general populace was reduced to eating grass, leather, and horses, Jan of Leyden and his royal court lived in luxury, dressing in expensive silk robes stolen from the exiled nobility and hosting lavish royal feasts