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Anti-Semitism: Victims Of The Holocaust

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History of anti-Semitism

Siyoon Lee

Anthony Mulson
8S+ English
23 March 2016

Siyoon Lee
Anthony Mulson
8S+ English
11 March 2016
History of Anti-Semitism: Where great hatred of Jews originated from The Holocaust is a shameful history that mankind should not repeat once more. Approximately 6 million Jews, 10 thousand homosexuals, 50 thousand Gypsies, and besides, other social minority groups were slaughtered due to Hitler 's ethnic cleansing policy. I will focus on the genocide of Jews in this writing. Over 50 percent of the victims of the Holocaust were Jews. Can only Hitler 's personal hatred lead to the massive murder of 6 million Jews? There are other historical reasons why executives of the Nazis and even civilians realigned themselves …show more content…

However, it still existed at various aspects in people 's life. Enlightenment thinkers accused the Jews for the advent of Christianity and for the injustices and cruelty committed by believers of monotheism. Well-known enlightenment thinkers mocked the Jews as a group alienated from society which stubbornly believed on a primitive and superstitious religion. Until the French Revolution of 1789, they were treated as outsiders, only being offered a few civil rights. Jews were thought as one separate community, as there is a slogan saying, "To the Jews as individuals everything, to the Jews as a people, nothing." Some theories regarded that the Jews were inferior compared to Aryan "race" provided anti-Semitism new prestige and popular support, especially in countries where Jews were considered as …show more content…

However, people should not assume Jews as inferior or filthy race, in disregard of how they tend to be outsiders of any society. Anti-Semitism actually has conspicuous causes why it emerged, as it is proved historically through numerous evidences. Nonetheless, discrimination of one particular race is basically deviated from the basic human rights. So, whatever reasons why, people should understand and try to embrace differences of other groups of people, including

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