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>Histrionically safeguarded the rights of Jews
When Jerusalem was taken in 1099, crusaders killed every jew in the city they could find. In the middle ages it was not uncommon to burn Jews at the stake for being complicit in the death of Christ. Martin Luther was one of the most antisemitic books in history. In Tsarist Russia, there were government and church sanctioned race riots called pogroms where they specifically targeted jews. There was a pope that turned a blind eye to the Nazi's anti jewish polices and laws. This sudden change in attitude is within the last century.