All Episodes of A History of Antisemitism
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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.
Season 1
7.7/1030 votesIn 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: Laurent Jaoui, Jonathan Hayoun, Judith Cohen Solal
7.7/1031 votesRejection: 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: Laurent Jaoui, Jonathan Hayoun, Judith Cohen Solal
8.0/1031 votesEmancipation 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: Laurent Jaoui, Jonathan Hayoun, Judith Cohen Solal
7.6/1033 votesThe 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: Laurent Jaoui, Jonathan Hayoun, Judith Cohen Solal