Historical Antisemitism Flashcards
Throughout history, anti-Semitism has…
taken on different forms - always affected by time and place when occurred.
Different cultures, beliefs, events shaped anti-Semitism…
always more noticeable elements - consistently repeating themselves.
In the Middle Ages, Jews had been blamed for…
league with the devil.
In the 1920s, Jews were blamed…
for the Black Death.
In the 18th century…
treason and betrayal - associated with the Jews.
From the beginning of Christianity
blamed for betraying Jesus to the Romans.
In France in 1895…
trial took place - Alfred Dreyfus - Jewish officer in French army - accused of espionage and betraying homeland.
During the Weimar Republic in the 1920s…
Jews, as a group - accused of being unpatriotic.
Even worse, they were accused of…
stabbing Germany in back - plotting military defeat - 100,000 served as officers and soldiers in German army - 12,000 Jews killed fighting for their country during World War I.
In the 20th century - finger was pointed at Jews for…
being demonic force - poisoned world with conflicting ideas - exploitative capitalism and communism.
When the Nazis came into power in 1933 …
began isolating Jews - seperating from society.
This was a cause of Kristallnacht because…
these anti-Semitic views on Jews were already embedded within this population and society.
