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Jews wouldn't worship Roman gods and were labeled because of this (hostile, stubborn, clannish)
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Jews are excommunicated and not associated with Christians
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Antisemitism began around the 1700s throughout the 1800s. Antisemitism describes the hatred of Jews.
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Race changed from meaning a nationality to meaning people with the same genetic background.
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Aryans were considered the top of all the races. The Aryans were associated with people who moved language and culture westward. Many wanted to trace their origins to the Aryans. Aryans were believed to be greater than other races including Jews. The German Anthropological Society concluded in the late 1800s that Aryans and Jews were actually alike. However, people were unwilling to change their views related to anti-semitism.
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Many people were unwilling to let their views go and it became more ordinary to insult Jews and minority groups.
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Only four of these Germans from 1919 to 1933 were Jews.
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During the worldwide depression, having a group of people to view as the reason of the problem made it easier to cope. This is also known as a racial enemy.
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Hitler comes into power and bases his dictatorship on race (the new meaning) and fear. As most people know, Jews were not favored by Hitler. He started to isolate them.
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A statement about Jews being a large number went around when Jews were only 1% of the population.
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Hitler makes three news laws. These laws take away the Jews privilege of being a citizen. He also forbids Christians from contacting them.
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Hitler takes control of most of Eastern and Western Europe in 1940. In this process, he isolated many Jews and sent many to prison camps by 1943.
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Hungary was an allied country with Germany. The leaders of Hungary did have anti-Jewish laws but they never took it to the extent that Hitler did. They refused to kill Jews. In 1943, Hitler ordered them to. The Hungarians denied his demand and Hitler took over their government.
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Nazis started to ship twelve thousand Hungarian Jews to their death a day in 1944.