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Crucification of Jesus
Jewish people were blamed with the killing of Jesus. Christians wrote this in their bible, making it hard to simply move on from. Jews then received hate from Christians because they were seen as the killer of Christ. -
66
Gessius Florus Killing Mass Number of Jews
Gessius Florus was a Roman procurator who ruled Judea and hated Jews. He took silver from the temple and people began to speak out about it. As a result, Florus sent troops to Jerusalum who murdered 3,600 Jewish citizens. -
399
Forbidden to marry Christans
Jewish people were forbidden to marry Christians. They were only allowed to marry within the Jewish population. Stories were shared saying that Jews wanted to kill all Christians so they were isolated from them. -
439
Unable to have positions in government
Jewish people were not allowed to hold positions in government. Made up stories about Jews purposely spreading the plague caused them to be seen as untrustworthy and not fit for government. -
1095
The Crusades
Pope Urban II encouraged his people to take the Holy Land from the Muslims. The crusades army formed which was more like a mob, and their target shifted over to the Jews. The crusades army went through Jewish communities to rape, loot and murder Jews. -
1150
Blood Libel
Thomas of Monmouth explained a story of a Christian boy dying and claimed Jews with horns and tails were the one who killed them. Jews were blamed for multiple Christian children's death. -
1545
Martin Luther's Pamphlet
Martin Luther was the founder of the Reformation and Protestantism. He wrote a pamphlet called "The Jews and Their Lies", which read that Jews were thirsty for Christian blood. This encouraged readers to kill Jews. -
The Dreyfus Affair
Alfred Dreyfus was a Jewish man who was also a captain in the French Army. He was falsely convicted of selling military secrets to Germans. When Dreyfus was eventually proven innocent, French Officers covered it up so a Jewish man was still seen as guilty. -
Pogroms in Ukraine
After the Russian Revolution, over 500 Jewish communities were wiped out in pogroms, also known as a mass murder. An average of 60,000 Jewish men, women, and children were killed. -
Holocaust
Adolf Hitler and the Nazis, an Anti-Semitist group in Germany, used concentration camps and gas chambers to murder a total of 6 million Jews. They were beaten to death and forced to wear a star to make them stand out from everyone else. -
Toulouse Shooting
Three children and their teacher were shot at school in France. The killer was a radical Islamic gunman. -
Mass Shooting
In a Kosher Market in Paris, four Jewish people were murdered. The killer was an Islamic terrorist
