anti-semitism: discrimination, hostility or prejudice...
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AntiSemitism :Discrimination, hostility or
prejudice against Jews or Judaism
PreRoman
1313 BCE: Exodus from Egypt; Jews are free from slavery 826 BCE: King Solomon builds first temple, the holy temple, in Jerusalem 587 BCE: Destruction of holy temple marks beginning of Babylonian captivity 333 BCE: Jews settle in Europe adapting to Greek culture during Alexander theGreat’s reign (Hellenism)
Roman Empire
30 CE: Death of Jesus 70 CE: Destruction of second Holy Temple by fire 800 CE: Charlemagne grants equal rights to Jews
+ protects Jewish culture
Crusades
1096 CE: First Crusade beings; Christians urged to cleanse themselves of Jews before going to the Holy Land 1135 CE: Moses Maimonides is born (influential Jewish philosopher) 1348 CE Jews blamed for Black Plague
Spanish Inquisitions
1480 CE: The beginning of the Spanish Inquisition 1492 CE: Jews are expelled from Spain and Italy 1496 CE Jews are expelled from Portugal
Reformation
1543 CE: Failure to convert Jews to Christianity leads Martin Luther's attack on Jews 1648 CE: Chmielnicki Massacres in Russia and Poland (almost ¼ Jews killed) 1776 CE: Americans declared their independence from Great Britain
(tolerance for all religions)
Enlightenment
1789 CE: French Revolution begins (status of Jews is debated) 1804 CE: The Pale Settlement: The Czars restricted Jews to certain areas
Emancipation
1812 CE: Jews are emancipated in the German state of Prussia 1858 CE: Jews are granted citizenship in Great Britain 1859 CE: Jews are granted citizenship in Italy 1871 CE Jews are granted citizenship in Germany
19th Century AntiSemitism
1879 CE: Wilhelm Marr coined the term antiSemitism (Marr believed that everything in Germany was threatened by the Jews and that they were a demonic race) 1881 CE: First pogroms in Jewish communities in Russia 1914 CE: World War I broke out
Post World War 1
1934 CE: Hitler assumes title of "Führer" 1938 CE: Germany invades Austria
Nazi Regime and Holocaust
1939 CE: Nazi troops seize Czechoslovakia (Jewish pop. 350,000) + yellow stars are worn by Jews over 10 yrs. 1942 CE: Jews from many countires are sent to Auschwitz to be gassed 1945 CE: Soviet troops liberate Auschwitz (around 1,500,000 Jews killed)
+ World War II ends
Holocaust Denial
1973 CE: Austin J. App’s pamphlet states the Holocaust "hoax" was created by Communists and Jews 1978 CE: Louis Darquier de Pellepoix tells the French weekly L’Express that the Holocaust was another Jewish hoax 1992 CE: Public opinion poll in Italy indicates that close to 10% of the Italian
population believe that the Holocaust never happened
21st Century AntiSemitism
2004 CE: In Russia, 30 gravestones in a Jewish cemetery in St. Petersburg were desecrated with antiSemitic graffiti and swastikas 2004 CE: A synagogue was spraypainted with swastikas and Holocaust references such as "Hitler was 'ere", "Jews must die" and "Six million more." Nine windows were smashed and eggs were thrown at the building. 2006 CE: In New Zealand, a Jewish synagogue was vandalized with “shower you murderous swine” and “filthy pigs” spray painted on a walkway, swastikas etched into a plaque, and also on the plaque the phrase “6
million Jews. 7 million Russians. 40 million people in total. What makes you so special,” written in felt pen
AntiSemitism.mmap 5/3/2007