Effects Of Anti Discrimination On The Holocaust

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Anti- Semitism or prejudice of Jews, has distressed the world seemingly since the Middle Ages, particularly in the midst of the Holocaust. The Middle Ages were a discriminatory age for the Jewish people, when the Black Death epidemic, killed approximately twenty-five million people. The blame was given to the Jews after rumors spread that they deliberately poisoned the population through drinking wells. Later, the annihilation of Germany in World War I created a degraded economy and struggling society. Anti-Semites soon began to appoint liability to the Jewish community. These accusations built the foundation for the anti-semetic national socialists German worker’s party or Nazi’s lead by Adolf Hitler. Throughout history, Jews have suffered

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