How they must have suffered, living such an abnormal life.
How did they survive it?
Unfortunatly many did not
Many jews either were killed in events such as the Crusades or Chemneski
Many jews were expelled from their homes Like the Spanish Iqusition
And many jews just converted to other relgions (In Portugal there was no choice to emigrate in 1497, you just had to convert)
I think I heard somewhere that approximately 25% of Spanish people (People in Spanin) are decended from Jews