GERM 1169 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Unification Of Germany, Xenophobia
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In the reading look for more things rather than facts because it is literature so look at diction, syntax, metaphors ets. Intense or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries. Jews have been in german speaking land from 321 ad, most of their work in the earlier years was artist, scholars, and scapegoats for a lot of things. A lack of knowledge started the prosecution and hatred and makes it easier to blame them. How did the enlightenment change jewsish life in german speaking lands? (87-88) Jewish people were able to assimilate without changing religion. People didn t have to come out as (cid:498)jews(cid:499) but just as germans. But when napoleon was overthrown all of his laws to give people freedom was recinded and germany went back into thinking in a middevil way. People started to intermarry and jews were losing national population percentage.
