"Anti-Semitism" is one of the oldest hatreds in the world. The hatred of Jews in Europe is historic. Not only Germany or the Nazis, but also the Russians hated the Jews. Although Russia was a socialist country in the past, there was pure hatred towards Jews. In the Christian world, hatred of Jews practiced in different ways, in varying dimensions. The reason for the crucifixion of the Prophet Jesus was the Jewish community at that time, although the Jesus forgave everyone. To understand what anti-Semitism was like in Europe in the past, I would like to say something about the history of Jews in Sweden briefly.
*Former concentration camp. Source: [Newsweek](https://www.newsweek.com/former-german-lawyer-imprisoned-holocaust-denial-second-time-309725)*
Jewish traders first came to Sweden in need of business through the East India Company. Samson Ephraim and his son began living near Gothenburg and Stockholm in 1802. Later, due to the East India Company, a large number of Jewish traders came to Sweden. Eric Isaac was the first Jew to receive state permission to live in Sweden. Eric worked as a seal engraver in Germany. Eric Isaac told him when he was offered to convert; He will not change his religion in exchange for all the gold in the world. The Swedish king later allowed a few more Jewish families to come to Sweden, so that there would be no shortage of at least ten people in Jewish worship (they needed at least ten people in their prayers). In 1775, Jews and foreigners were allowed to live on the island of Marstrand off the coast of Gostberg. Five years later, the first Jewish family began living in Gothenburg. In 1782, Jews were allowed to live in Sweden without converting to Christianity.
In the 18th century, Jews gained the status of Hebrew teachers in Swedish universities, but on condition that they would be converted to Lutheranism (Protestantism). Because Lutheran Protestantism has been Sweden's state and only accepted religious doctrine since the 18th century.
Whether Jews should wear yellow or red ribbons when walking on the streets is discussed, but no such decision has been made, but many restrictions have been imposed on Jews. E.g. They could not buy or live in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Norshopping, Landsroken. The ban first lifted in 1854. In 1870, Jews became the first full citizens. And in 1872/73, the first Jews (Aron Philipson and Moritz Rubenson) were elected to the Swedish parliament.
The persecution of Jews in Europe in the Middle Ages was no less than that of Hitler. It would be difficult for Jews to find such writings in the writings of many medieval writers. Therefore, it can be said that the hatred towards the Jews was not created by Hitler, but was fueled by the fire of social hatred and contempt. The Jews were also attacked and blamed for the Black Death epidemic in Europe in the 13th century. Stupid people were looking for a way to get rid of the Black Death by killing Jews instead of rats! I read "Life In a Nazi Concentration Camp" by Anne Grenn Saldinger. The book gives a short history of Nazi activities and Nazi camps. I tried to highlight something from the book for the Hive blog.
It was for the first time that the Nazis identified and defined the Jews as a race as opposed to a religious community. Eleven million people were killed because of their caste, ethnicity, religion, and nationalism. The Nazis, led by Hitler, began planning the genocide in 1936, exactly one year before the outbreak of World War II. Hitler's government was committed to wiping out all Jews living in Europe. Before the Holocaust, about 9 million Jews lived in 20 European countries. And after World War II, two-thirds of them were wiped out!
*25 April 1942, Jews being led through the streets of Würzburg by German policemen, en route to the train station. Source: [Encyclopedia](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/german-jews-during-the-holocaust)*
In 1917, a German soldier was beaten and wounded by a British soldier in a village in France. Not only that, but there were also orders to kill the German army. But the British army, please let go of that German army. And the funny thing is that the German army that was abandoned was Adolf Hitler, the next terrible ruler!
Before Hitler took power, Germany as a state was divided and weak. After World War I, Germany suffered a severe economic setback. Germany was forced to pay vast sums of money to France, and the value of the German currency fell, leaving millions of Germans unemployed. There was a massive line of people at the ration shop for food. In 1932, the "National Socialist German Workers' Party," later known as the Nazi Party, emerged as the largest party in the German parliament! Later, on January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler, the leader of the Nazi party, was elected German Chancellor. The Nazis began to influence the lives of the German people very well, and for this, they instilled fear and mistrust in the people. As a result, there is a rift between the people in mutual respect and cooperation. Within a year of Hitler taking power, only the Nazi Party was recognized as the official party in Germany.
After the death of German President Paul von Hindenburg in 1934, Hitler combined the powers of the President and the powers of the Chancellor.
*Adolf Hitler! Source: [Scrol](https://scroll.in/article/948174/by-understanding-hitlers-rise-to-power-we-can-avoid-a-repeat-of-history)*
Hitler used to mix fear, hatred, and lies and continue to influence the people through his dreams and promises of a better-developed economy. Not only that, Hitler used false propaganda to gain public support for him and even incited the people to attack any opposition party physically. The Hitler government deprived the people of their freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and even the right of the people to protest against Nazism.
Hitler began to make anti-Semitic speeches in order to increase public support. Anti-Semitism, anti-Semitic attitudes have always served as Hitler's philosophy, so people continue to understand that Hitler; The main obstacle to the construction of Great Germany is the Jews. Hitler believed that the soul; The main reason for Germany's defeat and economic ruin in World War I was the betrayal of the Jews. "But during the First World War, when Germany was under siege and their raw materials were empty. Crisis, in particular, is caused by the saltpeter, an ingredient needed to make gunpowder and other explosives. The main supply of saltpeter was in Chile and India, beyond the reach of Germany. The alternative chemical to the saltpeter was ammonia, but at the time, the Armenian material was extremely expensive. The good news for the Germans is that in 1906, a Jewish German named Fritz Haber invented a method of literally making ammonia from the air. When the war broke out, the Germans exploited Haber's invention, using air as a raw material, and began commercial production of weapons.
*Haber (pointing) instructs German soldiers on how to deploy shells of chlorine gas. Source: [historynet](https://www.historynet.com/kaisers-grim-reaper.htm)*
Many experts believe that without Haber's discovery, Germany would have been forced to surrender long before 1918. This discovery by Haber (who was also a leading figure in the production of toxic gan during the war) brought him the Nobel Prize. However, he was not awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, but the chemistry." (Source: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari)
It is known that Hitler fell in love with a Jewish girl named Stephanie Isaac as a student. The girl's family was wealthy, and their relationship did not last long. Many, however, want to portray this failed love story as a cause of anti-Semitism, which is mostly meaningless. However, Hitler was able to convince the German people that the Jews were the root cause of their problems. Besides, the purity of German blood, the superiority of the race, the blue-eyed race and other ideologies began to propagate among the people. Hitler came up with a plan to expel the Jews from Europe. In the beginning, most Germans believed that; Hitler will be able to solve their economic woes, as well as re-establish the German nation as the healthiest state in the world.
*Jews are rounded up by the Nazis in Warsaw, Poland during the German invasion in World War II, 1943. In the center, a young boy waits to be led away as other women and children look on. Source: [Business Insider](https://www.businessinsider.com/scholars-call-on-holocaust-museum-in-concentration-camp-controversy-2019-7)*
And for this reason, the majority of Germans began to support Hitler, ignoring the Jewish community. At the beginning of the twentieth century, the number of Jews in Germany was only 1%, many of whom fought valiantly for the Germans in World War I and made significant contributions to German culture. But ten weeks after coming to power, Hitler issued the first law against the Jews.
*Jewish children being deported from the Łódź ghetto, Poland, to the Chelmno death camp. Source: [Britannica](https://www.britannica.com/topic/concentration-camp)*
First, Jews were deprived of various civic privileges and freedoms. On April 1, 1933, Hitler called on the people to boycott Jewish goods and shops and began distributing leaflets among the people. The Nazis also closed many Jewish shops and painted the doors and windows of every Jewish shop "Stars of David" as a Jewish symbol. The German government then took steps to deport the Jews to different countries.
The Nuremberg Act was passed in 1935, depriving Jews of German civil rights on the grounds of ethnic purity. Just as the civil rights of the Jews were taken away in Nuremberg, Nuremberg was later the site of the "War Crimes Trial" for the trial of the Nazis. However, despite the deprivation of civil rights, many Jewish families were reluctant to leave their country Germany, to go anywhere else! Because they thought that a dictator like Hitler could not stay in power in Germany for long. On the other hand, other countries of the world were not interested in giving asylum to the Jews who were interested in leaving Germany. Between 1933 and 1939, 400 anti-Semitic laws were passed in Germany to expel Jews.
*Prisoners in barracks at the Buchenwald concentration camp. Source: [nationalww2museum](https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/holocaust)*
As a result, the way of life of the Jews became narrower, and the Jews were expelled from the government, factories, and other institutions. Not only that, Jewish children were expelled from universities and schools. On the night of November 8, 1936, members of the Nazi Party and German police destroyed thousands of Jewish businesses, schools, hospitals, and homes. On November 8 and 9, about 100 Jews were killed, and about 30,000 were arrested. This phenomenon is known as "crystalline". Many call it the beginning of genocide. Besides, many restrictions were imposed on Jews, such as; Eating and sleeping are prohibited in public bathing places, in park areas, on buses and trains.
Christian-Jewish marriages were also prohibited. In addition, separate identity cards and passports written in large red letters "J" were prepared for each Jew. In a jobless, socially disenfranchised culture, Jews gradually lost their dignity and respect in society. On the other hand, when the Second World War broke out, the Jews began to be moved from one place to another. During the exodus of Jews, Nazi soldiers looted valuables from Jews. During World War II, the Germans occupied much of Europe, and the Nazis decided to kill all the Jews in order to solve the Jewish problem. However, the genocide began in 1942 in Wannsee, Germany. The Nazi leaders devised a comprehensive plan to massacre and exterminate the Jews to solve the Jewish problem, which was known as "Final Solution to the Jewish Problem." In German, which is "Endlösung."
When the extermination of Jews began in the middle of World War II, other states paid no attention to the issue. In 1941, Hermann Gurich, chief of the German SS, presented The Final Solution, which outlined all the solutions to the Jewish problem and proposed the use of gas for genocide.
Belzec in Poland was the first camp where gas was applied. Later gas chambers were introduced in all concentration camps.
In the next part - Nazi Concentration Camp and false stories of rehabilitation.
In my spare time, I was reading the book "Life In a Nazi Concentration Camp" by Anne Grenn Saldinger. What a horrible time it was for the Jews. I thought I would share it with everyone, since many do not know the history. Let me know if you like it or not.
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