Tragedy in Jewish History

Tragedy in Jewish History

The Jews are a people with a multitude of dilemmas. From the

Israelite tribes to the prosperous modern day Israel , bigotry towards the

Jews has been greatly evident. The Jewish race has acted as Escape Goat

for many crisis throughout history including the black plague which swept

across Europe in the 14th century. The establishment of Israel was a great

incident was something the Jewish people were striving to obtain for

generations. This, however, led to four major conflicts between Israel and

the Arab countries. One of the most meaningful wars was the Six-Day War.

Events such as the holocaust have also had a dramatic effect on world

history and whose mysteries are still being unravelled.

For twelve years following 1933 the Jews were persecuted by the Nazi's.

Jewish businesses were boycotted and vandalized. By 1939,Jews were no

longer citizens,could not attend public schools,engage in practically any

business or profession, own any land, associate with any non-Jew or visit

public places such as parks and museums. The victories of the German

armies in the early years of World War II brought the majority of European

Jewry under the Nazis. The Jews were deprived of human rights. The Jewish

people were forced to live in Ghetto's which were separated from the main

city. Hitler's plan of genocide was carried out with efficiency. The

total number of Jews exterminated has been calculated at around 5,750,000.

In Warsaw ,where approximately 400,000 Jews had once been

concentrated,was reduced to a population of 60,000. they, virtually unarmed,

resisted the German deportation order and had held back the regular German

troops equipped with flame throwers,armou...

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...ed it to its rightful

owners , Israel.

As is clearly visible through these few examples the Jewish race have

had a very trailing history. This however is only a small representation

of the rest of the Jewish problems. War , for example, is still present.

In 1991 in the Persian Gulf Israel was continuously bombed by Iraq. If

Israel would have fought back chances are there would have had most of the

Arabian countries join in with Iraq to eliminate the common enemy. Therefore

the problems are yet not resolved yet it seems there is never a perfect

solution to any problem.

Bibliography

1. Holocaust : the Jewish tragedy

Gilbert,Martin, COLLI 1986

2. Israel & the Arabs: The June 1967 War

Facts on file, INC. New York, N.Y.

1968

3. The Holocaust in Historical Perspective

Yehuda Bauer

University of Washington Press

1978