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Anti-Semitism
Hitler did not create the idea of Anti Semitism he actually just amplified it and took it to an extreme. If you don’t know Anti Semitism is the hatred of Jews, Judaism, Jewish Culture, denying the holocaust, and acting hostile towards Jews. This is a modern day issue that that started long ago. If we consider that the ancestor of the Jews, the Israelites, Jews then the first example of Anti Semitism is in Exodus. The Jews were enslaved by the Egyptians. This is probably the first account and started an issue that has not gone away.
Judaism, the religion of the Israelites, and some modern day Jews is a cause for some of the Anti Semitic ideas. Biblically, the idea of monotheism was not really accepted and the Jews were clearly different in believing in one God. Not to mention they believe Yahweh or Jehovah is the one true God. The Egyptians didn’t like this. The Greeks didn’t and the Romans didn’t. I mean the Romans thought they were heretics and tried to make them change their beliefs. However they didn’t. This shows their strength and why people might hate or fear them.
Later on in history Judaism and Jews caught even more flack. In Europe which was very strong in the early Christian Church; Jews were a clear minority. Because the Church kind of ran Europe, prejudice and anti Semitic laws came about. One in the sixth century was the Justinian Code, the Jews couldn’t read their Bible in Hebrew, and Jews couldn’t testify in court against Christians. Specifically in 533 Jews couldn’t marry Christians, work with them, hold a public office or appear on the streets of Holy Week. These ideas continued and became violent.
In 1096 the zealous Christian Crusades began in Europe. The Church wanted to have the Holy Land, ...

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