Steven Gilburne - October 30th - Blog Questions

How did the new anti-semitic parties and political movements impact Jews living in Germany, Austria, France, Italy, and Russia?

The anti-semitic parties made it very difficult for the Jews to be ‘accepted’ into any location that they stayed. The political movements made it appear as if the Jews were greedy and bad people, but it was just a stereotype that the anti-semites implemented. They were harassed in their living establishments and anywhere they went. Jews were viewed as the inferior race to the Europeans. They thought that the Jews were beyond the point of acceptance even if they converted to Christianity. Modern antisemitism emphasized the hatred of the Jews as a race and not only the Jewish religion. Jews were also blamed for killing Christian children, which is not true, and only made them look worse as well. 

Steven Gilburne