... be killed from a country that, despite its nineteenth century ghettos and Fascist rule, had no significant anti-Semitic tradition. In 1943, the Jews of Italy were in proportion quite few, thoroughly integrated, and physically indistinguishable from their fellow Christian countrymen. Certainly, it seems, ... the iron foundries in the part of Venice where Jews were first confined in the sixteenth century. From there, ghettos developed in most major Italian cities and throughout Europe as well. Jews were confined to these ghettos for over two hundred years. Life in ghettos was characterized ...

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... for the Jew to thrive to the best of his ability under the harsh regulations imposed on him. Political implications would also cause much anguish for the Jews, particularly that the Church was the main governing body. The Jews were to be regarded as subordinate to the Christians, while no provisions for the exercise of their rights were made. The Christians insisted on protecting themselves from infiltration of outsiders to the faith ... , in regards to socializing with them. It was the Fourth Latern Church Council that expressed the will to segregate Jews ... ...

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... Jews had made progress and were often well-established members of society. However, the Dreyfus Affair revealed that the Jews in Europe were still, in many ways, outsiders. Theodore Herzl, who was chosen to observe the hearings, reached this conclusion and it inspired him to write his book Der ... Judenstat that advocated the need for a Jewish homeland outside of Europe. Many Europeans took the title of an anti-Semite and took a popular stance of defending the public against the ... had also suffered great losses, yet they were being punished. Hitler told them they were an ancient noble ...

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