ABSTRACT
On the twenty-third day of Iyar they [the crusaders] attacked the community of Worms. The community was then divided into two groups; some remained in their homes and others ed to the local bishop seeking refuge. Those who remained in their homes were set upon by the steppe-wolves who pillaged men, women and infants, children and old people. They pulled down the stairways and destroyed the houses, looting and plundering; and they took the Torah Scroll, trampled it in the mud, and tore and burned it. The enemy devoured the children of Israel with open maw.
