Series·2022·16·1 season

A History of Antisemitism

Documentary

A detailed account of the two millennia of intolerance and persecution suffered by the Jews, from antiquity to the present day.

Created by Laurent Jaoui, Judith Cohen Solal, Jonathan Hayoun

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In the Beginning: 38-1144E1 · 53 min

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

Rejection: 1144-1791E2 · 53 min

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.

Emancipation to the Holocaust: 1791-1945E3 · 53 min

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".

The New Face of Antisemitism: 1945 to TodayE4 · 53 min

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.

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12 credited

Christian Gonon
Christian GononSelf - Narrator (voice)
David Nirenberg
David NirenbergSelf - Historian
Nathalie Cohen
Nathalie CohenSelf - Historian
Peter Schäfer
Peter SchäferSelf - Historian
Antoine Guggenheim
Antoine GuggenheimSelf - Theologist
Joël Kotek
Joël KotekSelf - Historian
Alain Vanier
Alain VanierSelf - Psychoanalyst
Sylvie-Anne Goldberg
Sylvie-Anne GoldbergSelf - Historian
Brian A. Catlos
Brian A. CatlosSelf - Historian
Ghaleb Bencheikh
Ghaleb BencheikhSelf - Islamologist
Joanna Tokarska-Bakir
Joanna Tokarska-BakirSelf - Anthropologist
Sarah Lipton
Sarah LiptonSelf - Historian

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