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A detailed account of the two millennia of intolerance and persecution suffered by the Jews, from antiquity to the present day.
Genre:Documentary
Network:ARTE
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Season 1

  • In the Beginning: 38-1144
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    In the Beginning: 38-1144

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/12/2022

    A history of anti-Jewish feeling from ancient Alexandria to the crusades.

    Director: Jonathan Hayoun

    Writer: Jonathan Hayoun, Laurent Jaoui, Judith Cohen Solal

  • Rejection: 1144-1791
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    Rejection: 1144-1791

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/12/2022

    1144 - 1791: the gradual dehumanisation of the Jewish people, from the first "Jewish nose" in Christian painting and the stereotype of the "rich usurer" to the expulsion of the Jews from the great kingdoms of Europe.

    Director: Jonathan Hayoun

    Writer: Jonathan Hayoun, Laurent Jaoui, Judith Cohen Solal

  • Emancipation to the Holocaust: 1791-1945
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    Emancipation to the Holocaust: 1791-1945

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/12/2022

    Liberty, equality, fraternity? The French Revolution gave European Jews hope that discrimination would end. However, political movements and pseudo-scientific trends generated new forms hatred of Jews, under a new term: "anti-Semitism".

    Director: Jonathan Hayoun

    Writer: Jonathan Hayoun, Laurent Jaoui, Judith Cohen Solal

  • The New Face of Antisemitism: 1945 to Today
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    The New Face of Antisemitism: 1945 to Today

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/12/2022

    How is antisemitism still possible after Auschwitz? After the war, the Nazi horror is gradually brought to light in all its terrifying dimensions. However, the anti-Semitic Phoenix rises from its ashes once again.

    Director: Jonathan Hayoun

    Writer: Jonathan Hayoun, Laurent Jaoui, Judith Cohen Solal