The course will explore the origins, development and implementation of antisemitism from the birth
of Christianity to the Final Solution. The negative depiction of the Jews built into European culture
and the transmission and dissemination of hateful stereotypes of " the Jew" across the centuries
will be examined using examples drawn from the frequent explosion of anti-Jewish violence.to help
understand why Jews in Europe were persecuted. Finally, the catalysts of 19th Century
antisemitism that Hitler was able to exploit will be studied leading to the emergence of Nazi
ideology, the creation of the racial state and genocide against the Jews.