... had a positive effect on the economy in their areas. The Crusades became a bad time for the Jews. The persecution was a nightmare for them. The Crusaders began a mass march down the Rhine river valley one of the Jewish trade routes it was the center of the Western European Jewish community. The troublemakers in these large groups said why go all the way ... ...

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... Land", and on the way, they killed many people. The Crusades only brought back old anti-Semitic behavior. During the first Crusade, Crusaders killed Jews in the West, on the Rhine, and in Bohemia. They believed these Jews betrayed Jerusalem. The Jews migrated east to avoid death and persecution from the anti-Semitic feeling of that time. The Lateran Council of ... ...

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