Jews in the 19th Century

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Jews in the 19th Century During the 19th the status and position of European Jews changed

frequently as the rights they had and the way countries tried to gain

inequality changed dramatically.

At the start of the 19th in France and Germany there was a great deal

of anti Semitism between Jews and Christians, the French Christians

could not accept Jews into their community. They thought of Jews as

aliens. In Germany Jews were persecuted. To start with, the nazi's

made laws to limit their freedom and encourage attacks on Jewish homes

and businesses. Gradually the persecution increased until the nazi's

started to send Jews to ' extermination camps'.

The encouragement by the state of anti-semitisim was not known in the

roman and early Christian era. The Jewish religion was often a cause

of irritation and the different customs of the Jews. Anti Semitism

started off when all kinds of measures were taken by religious and

political leaders to prevent the mingling of Jews and Christians. The

religious, social and economic rights of the Jews were restricted.

Anti- Semitism grew from then on. Some things had to change.

In the 19th in Germany Jews were being murdered and their houses

looted. The pop had decided that Jews should wear different clothing

to show that they were not Christians. Jews were not allowed to vote,

have an education or to be a part of the government. It took till 1871

for German Jews to get the same rights as other German citizens.

Heimrich Heine argued on behalf of the Jews.

There was still evidence that some German's were not pleased ...

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...he blame on the Jews. The government

then issued more restricted laws on where Jews could live. Many Jews

reacted and left Russia.

The communist government tried to bring about inequality to Russia.

First of all it abolished all legal discriminations against Jews and

the Red Army tried to stop anti-semitic feeling. Things started to get

better for the Jews towards 1920.

By 1950 the Jews had a higher status in life in general, ie schooling,

work, rights but they were removed from government positions. This was

therefore worse than France and Germany. There were still riots and

unsettlement going on until 1921 in Russia. In France and Germany by

1921 there seemed to bu nore peace and inequality whereas in Russia

there was still anti-semitism and unsettlement although the status of

Jews had increased dramatically.

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