Crusades · SITE OF MEMORY ·
Rhineland massacres (1096)
On the Crusades map as “The Rhineland massacres”
May–Jun 1096 — armed bands descend on the Jewish communities of Speyer, Worms and Mainz, killing thousands who will not convert. Crusading’s first victims are Europe’s own Jews. A site of memory, named plainly.
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- First Crusade (chapter 2 of Crusades)
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- The Crusades, 1095–1291
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