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Explore the origins and evolution of Jew hatred, from early religious anti-Jewish writings to the Dreyfus Affair in the 19th century. Discover the impact of discriminatory laws, pogroms, and propaganda, culminating in the dark era of the Holocaust.
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Pre-Nazi Antisemitism“Judenhass-Jew Hatred” Hatred of the Jews before the Modern Era
Introduction and Definitions • Jews • Judaism • Antisemitism • Shoah/ Holocaust
Anti-Judaism • Early Days- competition between Jewish Sects-The Jesus movement as a sect • The separation and competition between the early Church and the Synagogue • 100-500 Religious Anti-Jewish Polemical writings • 410: Emperor Constantine makes Christianity the Roman Religion • Jews as “Christ Killers”
Anti-Jewish Laws • Cannot hold public office • Jews Banned from public places • Jews can’t be witnesses in court • Can’t read the Bible in Hebrew • Marriage of Jews and non-Jews prohibited • Christians forbidden to convert to Judaism • Jews not allowed to proselytize non Jews
Constantine makes Christianity the State Religion of the Empire Incorporates Anti-Jewish Church canonical legislation into Imperial Law Codes The Church and the Later Roman Empire
The Church as the Bride of Christ and a Royal Woman The Synagogue as a disgraced blind and defeated slave The Church and the Synagogue
Medieval Images of the Jew The Jews are agents of the Devil and do the Devil’s bidding
Spanish Expulsion in 1492 Forced Baptisms and Expulsions
Luther’s “On the Jews and Their Lies” • Martin Luther (1543)On the Jews and Their Lies • Burn all Synagogues. • Destroy Jewish Dwellings. • Confiscate Jews’ Holy Books. • Forbid Rabbis to Teach. • Forbid Jews to Travel. • Confiscate Jewish Property. • Force the Jews to do Physical Labor • Expel Jews from areas where Christians live.
The Storming of the Bastille Voltaire The Enlightenment and the French Revolution
The Enlightenment Contract The contract of the Enlightenment: Individual Freedom of religion Toleration “Religion removed to the “private” sphere Everything for the Jew As an individual but Nothing to him as a community
The Jew as molester The Wandering Jew Images of the Jew in the modern era
Alfred Dreyfus, a French Jewish Officer is put on trial for treason in 1894 and convicted on false evidence Not exonerated for a number of years The Dreyfus Affair, 1894