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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.
This is one scene of Chapter 2 — The First Crusade in The Crusades, 1095–1291.
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