A History of Antisemitism

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Documentary

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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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Production

Effervescence Doc, ARTE

Language

Status

Ended

First Aired

April 12, 2022

Last Aired

April 12, 2022

Networks

ARTE

Created By

Laurent Jaoui, Judith Cohen Solal, Jonathan Hayoun

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Seasons & Episodes

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Season

In the Beginning: 38-1144

Air date: 2022-04-12

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

Rejection: 1144-1791

Air date: 2022-04-12

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.

Emancipation to the Holocaust: 1791-1945

Air date: 2022-04-12

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".

The New Face of Antisemitism: 1945 to Today

Air date: 2022-04-12

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.