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70 BCE
Rome destroys Jewish State
In the year 70 B.C, there was a hatred of Jewish people in the mainly catholic empire. This caused tension between the two and resulted in the destruction of the Jews to it's core. Although some Jews survived and moved around the Ancient World. -
Period: 30 BCE to
Antisemitism Timeline
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38
Alexandria Jewish Attack
The ancient Jewish philosopher Philo of Alexandria writes about an attack on Jews in Alexandria in 38 CE. Thousands of Jews died in the attack and the violence may have been caused by the Jews being portrayed as cynical. -
438
Legalized civil inferiority of the Jews
Theodosius II, Roman emperor of the East, legalized the civil inferiority of the Jews. This is one of the first examples of segregation in mankind's history. -
Jan 11, 1095
Pope Urban II begins the Crusades
In 1095, Pope Urban II made an announcement to the people of Rome that they would liberate the Muslims from the Jews. They roman army swept in like a storm and destroyed all the Jews at once. -
Feb 11, 1350
Jews Killed for Bubonic Plague
In the middle of the era of the Black Death, the Christians needed a reason for the cause of this terrible disease, so the Jews were blamed for the spread of the disease and poisoning of the wells. Over 100,000 people were burned alive for this reason alone. -
Feb 11, 1545
Martin Luther pushes idea that Jews are natural killers
In 1545, Martin Luther published a pamphlet titled, "The Jews and their lies". The pamphlet insisted the idea that Jews had a thirst for Christian blood, and wanted the Christians to kill the Jews before they killed them. -
Feb 11, 1550
Jews forced to live in Ghettos
During the same time period as Martin Luther's pamphlet, the Jews were subjected to living in ghettos, wearing stars, and not owning any land. -
Feb 11, 1550
Jews become Moneylenders
At the same time that Jews could not own land, they also could not be lent any money by Christians, which resulted in Jews becoming money lenders themselves. Charging high interest rates, fired the flame of Jewish stereotypes as being money hungry and greedy. -
General Grant makes Jews leave the Union Army
In 1862, Ulysses S. Grant forced Jews to leave the Union Army because they had ties with the cotton trade between the South and North. This caused public outcry, and resulted in President Lincoln taking charge and pulling back this order. -
KKK becomes anti-semetic
At the beginning of the KKK, they mostly focused on white supremacy, and killing African Americans. However, most people don't realize that they also believed that Jews were evil and needed to be killed as well. -
The Nuremberg Laws
At the beginning of Hitler's reign in Germany, he implemented these laws that made it virtually impossible to go out and live a normal life, resulting in the Holocaust of about 6 million Jews. -
Glenn Cross kills three
74 year old Glenn Cross shot and killed three people who stood outside a Jewish community center. He killed a grandfather, grandson and a woman standing nearby. It was later confirmed that they weren't even Jewish.
