What happened 1096 AD

Immediately after Urban's proclamation, the French priest Peter the Hermit led thousands of mostly poor Christians out of Europe in what became known as the People's Crusade. In transit through Germany, these Crusaders spawned German bands who massacred Jewish communities in what became known as the Rhineland massacres.

They were destroyed in 1096 when the main body of Crusaders was annihilated at the battle of Civetot.