A History of Antisemitism

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•2022

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Episodes

1. In the Beginning: 38-1144

A history of anti-Jewish feeling from ancient Alexandria to the crusades.

2. Rejection: 1144-1791

1144 - 1791: the gradual dehumanisation of the Jewish people, from the first "Jewish nose" in Christian painting and the stereotype of the "rich usurer" to the expulsion of the Jews from the great kingdoms of Europe.

3. Emancipation to the Holocaust: 1791-1945

Liberty, equality, fraternity? The French Revolution gave European Jews hope that discrimination would end. However, political movements and pseudo-scientific trends generated new forms hatred of Jews, under a new term: "anti-Semitism".

4. The New Face of Antisemitism: 1945 to Today

How is antisemitism still possible after Auschwitz? After the war, the Nazi horror is gradually brought to light in all its terrifying dimensions. However, the anti-Semitic Phoenix rises from its ashes once again.