HIS 3328 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Blood Libel, Eugenics, Buda
10 Jan 2017
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One of the important things to know when studying the holocaust is that a lot of anti-semitism is very deeply rooted in european history and culture. **the nazis did not invent the basis of their beliefs. Anti-judaism: hostility towards the jews as a religion. Anti-semitism: hostility towards the jews as a people/nationality. The earliest forms of anti-judaism & semitism is found in the. Christian bible with the oppression of the jews in egypt by the. It is also documented during the roman empire. The jews had been tolerated by the romans up until they began revolting against the empire (jewish wars). The romans would introduce a new tax on the jews following their revolt. After 135 ce, the jews were completely banned from the city of jerusalem. There was also a rivalry between judaism and christianity, the latter being in the early stages of its development during the.
