Born in Blood: The Lost Secrets of Freemasonry ---------------------------------------------------------------- ...Jerusalem had been taken on the ninth day, as the prophesy had promised. Seized by a frenzy of vengeful blood lust after weeks of suffering outside the walls, the victorious Crusaders poured through the streets, breaking open houses and mosques to butcher every man, woman and child they could find. ... Word spread that the local Moslems sometimes swallowed their gold as the surest way to hide it, and disemboweling thereafter became a common practice in the search for plunder. Hoping to avoid the slaughter, Jews crowded into their principal synagogue to give notice that they were not Moslems. The Crusaders burnt down the synagogue, killing them all. (page 65)