How the World Prejudice against the Jews led to their Holocausts and other Massacres

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How the World Prejudice against the Jews led to their Holocausts and other Massacres
Introduction
Jews, which is translated to mean children of Israel, are a state and people who adhere to strict monotheism as a religion. Their origin is from the ancient Hebrews who lived in the Near East. In accordance to their tradition, their ancestry is traced back to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob who are considered as the Biblical patriarchs. These Jews historically emanated from the Tribe of Judah and Simeon. The nationality, ethnicity and religion of the Jews are closely interrelated with each other. The conventional faith of the Jewish people is regarded as Judaism. Foreigners converting to Judaism are given the same status as Jewish citizens. Although conversion into Judaism is usually not an easy affair, and not encouraged, it is applied in the case of mixed marriages as found by Nebel et al (p115).
Based on its existence, Israel was established as a Jewish state and its basic law defines it as such. Israel is the only nation in the world where the Jews consist of the majority population. In ancient history, the Jews had had their independence twice. The first of this independence lasted from 1350-586. During this time, Judges, the Israel Monarchy and the eventual divided Monarchy of Judah and Israel Kingdoms had ruled them. The destruction of the first temple resulted to an end to their independence. However, they also enjoyed a second independence in the times of  HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasmonean_dynasty" \o "Hasmonean dynasty" Hasmonean Kingdom from 140- 37 BCE and also to some extent the period of Herodians in 37 BCE to 6 CE. From the time when the second temple was destroyed in 70 CE, most of the Jews were living in Diaspora. However, in most of the countries they live in as foreigners, these Jews have frequently experienced prejudice and persecutions owing to their strong traditions and religious faith which appear to be peculiar to people of other nations (Palmer, p169).
Objectives of the Paper
Based on the above information, this paper reviews the Jews Hatred and the cause for their holocaust in German among other persecutions.
The Global Jews Hatred
Prejudice against the Jews, which has been common phenomenon, has been referred as the anti-Semitism. Anti-Semitism are people who are against the laws and regulations that. According to these, the Jewish people believe in. According to the Jews people, a part from the Jews being an inferior race, they were quiet different from Europeans in many aspects. This term was essentially coined as a move to make it scientific when showing their hatred against them (Daniels, p78).
One example of an extreme anti-Semitism recorded in Jewish history is the Holocaust. The term holocaust is commonly used in referring to the genocide or mass murder of more than six million Jews by the Nazi Germans during the Second World War. This number, which was approximately two thirds of all the Jews that were living in Europe at that time, included more than one million children, three million men and over three million women. More than 40, 000 facilities in German and its territories were utilized as concentration camps in holding and killing these Jews (Norman and Richard, p119).
Similar to the genocide that occurred in German, the Christian crusades also caused immense suffering and death among the Jewish people. The crusaders led by the pope caused many Jews to be tortured, exiled, and massacred by Christian solders, Knights as well as their sympathizers. The first crusade, which occurred in 1096, resulted into the destruction of Jewish communities that were living in Danube and  HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhine" \o "Rhine" Rhine. The second Christian crusade, which took place in 1147, saw the subjection of Jews to many massacres. The shepherd’s crusades, which also occurred between 1251- 1320, saw many Jewish communities being persecuted and expelled from many nations. For instance, in 1396, approximately 100,000 Jews were expelled from France while many other thousands were in 1421 expelled from Australia. Many of those who were expelled run to England and other nations. The popular church fathers and pastors promoted anti-Semitism by emotionally preaching anti Semitism messages (Daniels, p112).
Those who were living at that time were subjected to use a particular dress code and were also forced to wear a bell for identification and humiliation. The black death also referred as the bubonic plague is another Jewish massacre that occurred between 1348- to 1349. The death toll among the Jews from this plague increased on a constant basis as well as the enmity between them and their neighbors. In one moment, the Jews in 350 towns were massacred at once, with no single person being left behind (Newhall, p50). These Jewish killings was only part of the anti-Semitic campaigns that had been developed against Jews in many parts if the world.
The particular hatred against the Jews which has come to prece...