1. Jewish Persecution Throughout History
By Emily Schaffer, Georgina Grob, Ava Decatur, Mackenzie Lindsey

2. Pogroms
Pogrom is a Russian word meaning to wreak havoc, to demolish violently
It refers to any attack by non-Jewish people on a Jewish community in the Russian Empire
The first pogrom was the anti-Jewish rioting in Odessa in 1821
During the civil war in 1917, in Russia, Ukrainian nationalists, Polish officials, and Red Army soldiers engaged in Pogrom like violence in western Belorussia and Poland's Galicia province
The Pogrom killed tens of thousands of Jews between 1918 and 1920

3. Pogroms Continued
After the conquest of Alexander the Great Greek forces and their followers killed hundreds of Jewish civilians
When Rome adopted Christianity as their state religion Christian mobs attacked the Jewish population and destroyed many synagogues
The Hep-Hep riots were in the early nineteenth century and were held against the German Jews
The riots began on August 2, 1819 in Würzburg and moved through Denmark, Poland, Latvia, and Bohemia

4. Pogroms Further Continued
During the Greek War of Independence thousands of Jews were killed by Greeks the point of complete elimination
In the America, there was a pogrom in Argentina in during the tragic week
On June 1&2 in 1914 the Farhud pogrom in Iraq killed between Jews in Baghdad
In 1945 the anti-Jewish riots in Tripoli, Libya killed around 150 Jewish civilians

5. Pictures From Pogroms

6. Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht was the largest, most destructive, and most clearly organized Pogrom in recorded history
On November 9, 1938  the non-Jewish population organized a riot and destroyed the windows in Jewish shops
Kristallnacht means crystal night or night of broken glass

7. Diaspora 
722 BC, Assyrians conquered Israel causing the Hebrew inhabitants to scatter throughout the Middle East
597 BC, Nebuchadnezzar deported Judeans and "allowed them to remain in a unified community in Babylon" (Jewishvirtuallibrary).
73 AD, "The Romans destroyed Jerusalem, annexed Judaea as a Roman Province, and systematically drove the Jews from Palestine" (Jewishvirtuallibrary).

8. Diaspora Continued
Centers of Judaism changed from country to country, including Babylonia, Persia, Spain, France, Germany, Poland, Russia, and the United States
Jewish communities submerged themselves into non- Jewish environments more completely than others
"While some lived in peace, others became victims of violent anti-Semitism" (Britannica). 

9. Diaspora Further Continued
A majority of Orthodox Jews support the Zionist movement
While some actually "oppose the modern nation of Israel as a godless and secular state" (Britannica).
And after devastating holocaust during WWII support for a national Jewish state became greater

10. Christian Persecution of Jews
After the crusades the Jews of Germany were accused of poisoning wells and ritual murder
The Christians would blame all bad things that happened on the Jews even if their was no way the Jews could have caused the bad thing to occur
Christians tried to justify Jewish murder by saying the Jews had killed Jesus
No one knows how many Jews were murdered by Christians during the dark ages

11. Christian Persecution of Jews Continued
The Christian ruler Constantine limited many Jewish rights
People who converted to Judaism were find and had all belongs stolen
Jews were not allowed to partake in political and military functions
Jews we’re not allowed to marry Christian

12. Christian persecution of Jews
Christians burnt down Jewish synagogues and when they were taken to court they testified that it went against God’s will if they had to pay for the damages
Christian vandalized Jewish synagogues and disrupted services
Christians spread rumors that Jews burned noble Christian alive
Justin the first forbid Jews for making wills, inheriting, to testify in court, and from doing any other legal act
Synagogues were converted to churches and the burning of synagogues was made legal

13. Pictures for Persecution of Jews by Christians

14. Holocaust 
Jews all over Europe were taken from their homes and were taken to the polish ghetto 
70,000 Germans were institutionalized for disabilities and illness and were later gassed in the fall of 1939
Killing units called Einsatzagruppen shot and killed over 500,000 Soviet Jews throughout the course of German occupation 
Any person considered a Jew in German territory were marked with a yellow star making them "open target"

15. Holocaust Continued
People were considered Jews if 3-4 of their grandparents were Jewish and half-Jewish if 1 or 2 or there grandparents were Jewish
Jews in Germany and countries allied with Germany were removed from their homes to concentration camp
Germans moved people they felt were least useful or the weakest and moved them from the polish ghettos into concentration camps 

16. Holocaust further continued
In the fall of 1942 the largest deportation occurred with over 300,000 Jews removed from their homes and put into concentration camps 
In concertation camps many people were gassed to death and thousands were starved to death or died of illness 
in the summer of 1944 an estimated 12,000 Jews were killed every day in camps

17. Pictures of the Holocaust

18. Video