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A History of Antisemitism

6.8·1 season·4 episodes·57 min avg.·France

A detailed account of the two millennia of intolerance and persecution suffered by the Jews, from antiquity to the present day.

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In the Beginning: 38-1144Up next
Apr 12, 2022·7.0

A history of anti-Jewish feeling from ancient Alexandria to the crusades.

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Rejection: 1144-1791
Apr 12, 2022·6.3

1144 - 1791: the gradual dehumanisation of the Jewish people, from the first "Jewish nose" in Christian painting and the stereotype of the "rich usurer" to the expulsion of the Jews from the great kingdoms of Europe.

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Emancipation to the Holocaust: 1791-1945
Apr 12, 2022·6.7

Liberty, equality, fraternity? The French Revolution gave European Jews hope that discrimination would end. However, political movements and pseudo-scientific trends generated new forms hatred of Jews, under a new term: "anti-Semitism".

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The New Face of Antisemitism: 1945 to Today
Apr 12, 2022·6.3

How is antisemitism still possible after Auschwitz? After the war, the Nazi horror is gradually brought to light in all its terrifying dimensions. However, the anti-Semitic Phoenix rises from its ashes once again.

Cast

20 credited
Christian Gonon
Self - Narrator (voice)
DN
David Nirenberg
Self - Historian
NC
Nathalie Cohen
Self - Historian
PS
Peter Schäfer
Self - Historian
AG
Antoine Guggenheim
Self - Theologist
JK
Joël Kotek
Self - Historian
AV
Alain Vanier
Self - Psychoanalyst
SG
Sylvie-Anne Goldberg
Self - Historian
BA
Brian A. Catlos
Self - Historian
GB
Ghaleb Bencheikh
Self - Islamologist

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