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European Christian Hierarchy Blame Jews for Crucification of Christ - 1 AD to 1000 AD

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European Christian Hierarchy Blame Jews for Crucification of Christ - 1 AD to 1000 AD

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Christain groups have come up with many conspiracies which blame Jewish people for the crucification of Christ. This belief is often "proven" by the fact that in the New Testament, a Jewish group first examined Jesus' crimes, and then turned him in to Roman authorities. Jewish people were also described as a bloodthirsty mob in Matthew 27:25. These descriptions promote the misinterpretation and conspiracies surrounding Jewish people and their involvement with the crucification of Jesus. Many modern people will take these descriptions and see this as a conflict between Jews and Christains, which was simply not the case. Christains were not around until after Jesus' death, which conflicts with this mindset of the two sides fighting.

This is the earliest example of the formation of antisemetic beliefs. Christains blamed Jewish people for killing their saviour, and began to create charactures of them. These dehumanized Jewish people, and made them out to be an evil group. This also led to the creation of an us vs them mentality, which meant that Christians did not simply hate the group which supposedly persecuted Jesus, but rather Jewish people as a whole. Despite the fact that this conspiracy had no proof, the churches kept pushing the idea for centuries. This maintained the negativity targetted towards Jewish people. Even after the churches finally admitted that the Jews did not kill Jesus, nor should they be blamed, antisemitism had already grown to be a normalized perspective.

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Delegates witnessing the German's acceptance of the terms of the Treaty of Versailles in the Hall of Mirrors.

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The Treaty of Versailles was a source of humiliation and consequences for Germany. It forced Germany to give up vast amounts of land, to make Germany take full responsibility for staring WWI, to make massive reparation payments, and to severly limit the German military in size and resources. WWI had already brought suffering to Germany through a large loss of lives, and the Treaty of Versailles furthered the losses that Germany suffered.

In terms of the Holocaust, the Treaty of Varsailles had a large, but indirect impact on the persecution of Jewish people. The Treaty of Versailles created a feeling of defeat and ultimately a feeling of victimhood in Germany. Many were not pleased with the result of the war to begin with, and the further restrictions made by the Treaty of Versailles did not releave this feeling. This paved the way for far right parties to be successful. The antisemitism that the Nazi's showcased gave the German people a group to blame for their misfortunes. It was this Treaty that really allowed for the Nazi's to be so sucessful because of the discontent within Germany.

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The Nazi party platform was released on February 24, 1920. It established twenty-five points which outlined the principals for which the Nazi's stood. They included their wishes for Germany to be treated as equal to other European nations, to gain more land, and for the creation of the national press. Their party platform also outlined their harmful beliefs, such as punishing criminals with death, even those who commited minor crimes. They "demand freedom for all religious denominations in the State, provided they do not threaten its existance nor offend the moral feeling of the German race .... It combats the Jewish-materialist spirit within and without us," which basically says that they support all religions except for Judaism.

This platform outlined the harmful ideals of the Nazi party. Antisemitism is made quite clear through the beliefs provided. The fact that one of the points covers freedom of religion, only to be followed by the clarification that this purposefully excluded Jewish people shows this antisemitism. It differentiates Jewish people from Germans, and they do this through a seemingly positive claim. It is a small step to show the "goodness" of what the Nazi's want to do, while establishing the fact that Jewish people did not deserve these benefits.

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Dachau Concentration Camp Established - March 22, 1933

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Dachau Concentration Camp Established - March 22, 1933

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The first concentration camp, Dachau, is established in March of 1933. It originally incarcerated political opponents of the Nazi's, but later included Jehovah's Witnesses, Roma, gay men, reclusive people, and criminal offenders, and countless Jewish people. Dachau was where brutal punishment systems were first implemented, and became the outline for all of the concentration camps. It was the training ground for SS guards, and was the only concentration camp to stay open from 1933 up until 1945. It is believed that at minimum 40 000 people died at the Dachau concentration camp.

Concentration camps were a method for antisemetic violence to occur. It was systematic, and punished Jewish people for being who they were. Dachau specifically set the foundations for how Jewish people would be treated within concentration camps throughout Europe. The commandant of Dachau, Theodor Eickle, decided that minor infractions against rules should be punished with extreme measures. This idea spread, and became standard practice on how to deal with Jewish people within these camps. As this camp was directly responsible for training SS officers, the cruelty which was used in Dachau was what was used in all the other camps.

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Laws Limiting Jewish People in Public Education are Created - April 25, 1933

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Laws Limiting Jewish People in Public Education are Created - April 25, 1933

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In 1933, the German government created the Law against Overcrowding in Schools and Universities. Essentially, this law limited Jewish students in any public school to occupy no more than 5% of the student body. Although Jewish people only made up 0.8% of German population, this policy was still implemented. Jewish students did leave public education, but it was due to the changing curriculum in schools. Schools in the mid-1930's promoted Nazi ideas, such as a love for Hitler, militarism, racism, antisemitism, and obedience to state authorities.

The Law against Overcrowding in Schools and Universities was a huge issue for Jewish people. Although it was largely unlikely that Jewish students would reach the 5% threshold, it set the precedent that Jewish people should not be included in education. To limit the participation of one group in education is to attempt to supress the group. Limited access to education takes away future opportunities for students, as they do not have the required credentials to get certain jobs. It also contributes to a lack of life skills, such as reading. Even though Jewish students largely left public edcation due to the increasing hostility towards Jews being taught in schools, this still presents these same issues. It limited Jewish families to sending their children to a place in which they are taught to hate themselves, to spend a lot of money on enrolling their children into public school, or to not educate their children at all. All options had tremendous downsides for the children.

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Nuremberg Race Laws - September 15, 1935

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Nuremberg Race Laws - September 15, 1935

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The Nuremberg Race Laws were composed of two seperate laws; the Reich Citizenship Law and the Law for the Protction of German Blood and German Honour. The Reich Citizenship Law worked to define Jewish people not as a religious group, but rather their own race. It marked Jewish blood as "non-German", and made Jews subjects of the state. The Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honour prevented the legally defined Jewish race from marrying "pure" Germans. It banned any sort of sexual relationships between the groups, and forced Jewish buisnesses to reject female workers under age 45. This was because of the societal belief that Jewish men would forcefully have babies with "pure" German women.

The Nuremberg Laws legally seperated Jewish people from the rest of society. It became something that ignored the actual religious beliefs of an individual, and instead focused purely on bloodline. This meant that thousands who did not practice Judaism, and even those who now practiced the accepted religion of Christianity, were still victims of the Holocaust. These Nuremberg Laws also tore apart families. Prior to WWII, Jewish people had been marrying into non-Jewish families. Once these laws were implimented, not only did their marriages become illegal, but it also would have caused tension within families. Imagine having your child marry a Jewish person, have a child, and now your grandchild is doomed to a life in which they are not accepted in their nation. This would create resentment in families which had been part German and part Jewish. The Nuremberg Laws defining what made Jewish people Jews also paved the way for future laws to target this group.

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The Olympic Games are Hosted in Berlin - August 1, 1936

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The Olympic Games are Hosted in Berlin - August 1, 1936

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In the midst of a rapid increase in antisemitism and militarization in Germany, they hosted the Olympic Games. Although there were proposals made to boycott the Berlin Olympics in response to Nazi ideology, western nations decided to go ahead with the event. For Germany, the event acted as a showcase of their athleticism, and the superiority of the German people. It was also an opportunity to showcase the goodness of Germany, and Hitler ensured that this would be the case through the relaxation of antisemetic practices, such as removing signage banning Jewish people from public spaces, and toning down propoganda in the media.

This event was a huge piece of propoganda for Nazi Germany. It was a chance to prove on an international stage that conditions in Germany were not as bad as they may have thought. Their banning of Jewish people in the majority of sports served as an example to Germans that Jewish people were an inferior race. In the eyes of society, they had a lesser athletic ability because of their religion. The fact that Hitler hid that antisemetic practices were happening proves that they were harming Jewish populations. This shows that they knew that their antisemitism had grown to a point where they would be condemed by other nations, and thus had to hide it to appear as a good and just society. This worked. Hitler was able to use the success of the Olympic Games as a means to justify amplified antisemetic actions to occur. No harm had come to his party through the Olympics, which proved that other nations would not speak up against him.

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Evian Conference Held in France - July 6, 1938

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Evian Conference Held in France - July 6, 1938

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Leading up to the Evian Conference, life for Jews within Germany had become unbearable, causing many to leave for safety. When Austria was annexed by Germany, around 185 000 people were additionally attempting to escape Nazi Germany. Not only were Jews generally unwanted by other nations, but they were not allowed to bring their belongings, which prevented them from emigrating to many nations. This refugee crisis is what led to President Roosevelt calling an international meeting to find places for refugees to go. Most nations involved made excuses for not taking in more Jewish refugees. The Nazi's then commented on the hypocracy of the nations criticizing the Nazi's while refusing to take the Jewish refugees themselves. The Evian Confrence was largely unsuccessful and led to very few policies being changed to allow for increased immigration.

The Evian Conference was an unsuccessful effort to aid the refugees that came from Nazi Germany. The lack of willingness from countries to take in Jewish people is antisemetic in itself. Jewish people were an unwanted group in the world, and nations having that smaller, yet significant amount of antisemetic beliefs left Jewish people with no choice but to live within the brutally antisemetic nation. The lack of action and preparation to take in refugees before the war started meant that during the war, victims had very little choice as to where they could escape to. It shows that other nations were aware of the atrocities taking place under Nazi rule, yet chose to take little to no action to stop the wrongdoings. They indirectly caused the deaths of thousands by not offering a safe space for refugees to go.

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The Night of Broken Glass - November 9, 1938

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The Night of Broken Glass - November 9, 1938

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The Nazi party organized antisemetic violence to occur all across Germany on November 9, 1938. Nazi groups such as the SS, the SA, and the Hitler Youth vandalized Jewish-owned stores, and burned synagogues to the ground. They even entered homes and stole, smashed, and terrorized Jewish families and their possessions. Due to this effort being organized by the government, local law enforcement and fire fighters were instructed not to intervene. This was not just a destruction of property, but a destruction of the lifestyles, communities, and the ending of Jewish lives. Many were killed during The Night of Broken Glass, and around 30 000 were sent to concentration camps while this was happening simply for being Jewish.

This event contributed to antisemetic views within society. Even though the night was completely planned by the government, it still showed the antisemetic views of Nazi society. The fear that shattering glass and buildings engulphed in flames caused would have lead many to the conclusion that this event was due to the hatred many possessed against Jewish people. The destruction of Jewish property was to say that Jewish people did not deserve the things that they had. It destroyed things that held value to families, and for people with businesses, it meant the destruction of their income source. It was absolute chaos that showed Jewish people that they were not welcome within society. For many, it was the final straw which led to them looking for an escape from Germany so they did not die of antisemetic actions like they had seen happen on November 9th.

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Kindertransport First Arrives in Great Britain - December 2, 1938

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Kindertransport First Arrives in Great Britain - December 2, 1938

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After the Night of Broken Glass, the government of the United Kingdom changed their immigration policies to allow an unspecified number of unaccompanied minors from Germany and German occupied areas. These minors were expected to be paid for by citizens or organizations to care for an educate the children. Once it was safe, the children would be transported back to their families. On the first Kindertransport alone, roughly 200 children were transported to Britian. Jewish organizations worked to transport the children from all around Germany, prioritizing those who were homeless, and those whos parents were sent to concentration camps. These Kindertransports were made up until the start of WWII.

The Kindertransports were an effort to protect children from antisemitism. These children needed this transport because antisemetic practices in Nazi Germany had caused their parents to no longer be able to take care of them. The Germans had shown no interest in protecting the children, as they burnt Jewish orphanages during The Night of Broken Glass, so they were transported somewhere where they would recieve care. While many were able to avoid antisemitism within Germany through the Kindertransports, many still experienced it in Britain. Britain held many antisemetic beliefs, and citizens hesitated to offer care for these children. Later, when WWII eventually broke out, these children became enemy aliens, causing around 1 000 of the older children to be sent to internment camps.