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At the time, Jews were followers of Jesus.
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During a time of crisis, Jesus lived as a Jew in Palestine. After Rome conquered Palestine, he insisted that not only should the Jews have to obey Roman laws, but they also had to worship Roman gods instead of their own.
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A small minority in Europe, Jews were very vulnerable to attacks by the Christian majority.By the sixteenth century, most Jews were separated from Christian neighbors. In many countries, people of the Jewish faith were forced into ghettos.
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A new idea of race began to emerge, reviving old myths. Whereas before, race referred to people that shared a nationality, now it was used to refer to those that shared a genetic heritage. Jews were targeted for both their religion and their race. Many people ranked the races, and at the top were the Aryans.
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People were trying to see if there was a difference between Jewish and Aryan kids. They discovered that there was no difference.
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Attacks against Jews and other minorities worsened. These attacks got much worse during times of confusion, stress, or uncertainty. It was easier during these times to blame a "racial enemy."
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A Protestant minister in Germany, as well as many others, wrote and claimed that there were too many German politicians and judges, or civil servants.
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These laws stripped Jews of citizenship and made it a crime for them to have contact with Christians.
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Most European Jews are dead are or on their way to it.
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12,000 Hungarian Jews were being shipped their death each day.