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Period: 145 BCE to 476 BCE
Roman Empire
The roots of antisemitism has been traced back all the way to the Roman Empire. Jesus lived in the Palestine as a Jew, until the Romans took over and insisted that Jews obey the Roman Empire laws, as well as worship the Roman gods. Jews refused to do this and insisted on keeping their religion identity. Jews were always blamed for every disaster, including crimes, plagues, and droughts. -
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Race
Race became an idea and it people used it to refer to people who had the same nationality or who were related. They believed that it explained all the cultural differences. Races were ranked with the Aryans being at the top. -
Aryans
Aryans were considered "perfect" and "superior." An Aryan would take pride in their heritage and they were believed to have been the people that left India and carried their language along with their culture to the west.Since Jews were discriminiated due to their beliefs, they were then excommunicated because of their "race." This is where antisemitism comes in. This term literally means "the hatred of Jews." -
Adolf Hitler
When Hitler cam into power he changed Germany from a democracy to a dictatorship. He claimed that the Jews were the enemies and did everything possible to get rid of ALL of them. Hitler made laws that prevented Christians from having any interaction with Jews, if the law was not followed it would be considered a crime. When he had full control over Germany he headed on to the neighboring countries. Later on in 1940, he had control over Eastern and Western Europe. -
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What is the Holocaust?
The Holocaust is a time period where Hitler and the Nazis killed more than one third of all Jews in the world. The Jews were murdered because of their religion and ancestors. -
Isolation
After Hitler had conquered Eastern and Western Europe, he demanded that the Jews were to be isolated and sent out for murder in each nation. By 1943 most Jews were dead or on their way to their way to death camps where they would get killed, except for the Jews of Hungary. Hungary was Germany's ally and they had anti-Jewish laws and refused to murder the Jews or expel them. Hitler was angry at this and took over the government, and by 1944 twelve thousand Jews from Hungary were being killed.
