'Before The Final Solution': Anti-Semitism In Eastern Europe

Before The “Final Solution”, is an article that primarily focusses on anti-Semitism in Eastern Europe. Within the first few sentences of the article, the author, William Hagen, demonstrates his belief that German and Polish Jews received the worst treatment. What’s interesting is the author’s differentiation of treatment amongst nations. Upon elaborating upon his views, the author writes about Neville Laski, of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, had gone to Austria, Poland, and Danzig. He trip had been an effort of the Joint Distribution Committee to further investigate how exactly the Jews were living. During his visit to Austria, Laski found the basis of the hatred for Jews was justified by the economic conditions. The surplus of wealthy and professional Jews, Austrians did not react well, as they were jealous. Poland was different. Laski could not define a legitimate reason as to where the Jewish discrimination came from. Germany was a different …show more content…
Being the birthplace of Nazi Anti Semitism, I couldn’t picture another country treating Jews worse, than Germany. The methodologies and ideologies of this force was one to not be toyed with. Jews were not humans. Jews were not people. Hitler has instilled in his people that the hatred for Jews is justified, for they were the roots of all of Germany’s defeats. I was however; surprised that Poland’s conditions were as terrible as Germany’s conditions. I remember during my travel to Poland, walking through the Ghetto of Krakow, and seeing what their world was like today. I couldn’t imagine what life could have been like. It was crazy to see the contrast of what I saw, to what Hagen writes of. It is completely unimaginable. I remember the chair memorial, demonstrating the wait for the train car, a ride they would never return from. To read textual evidence of what the Jewish life was like over there is just