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Antisemitism. Past and present. (Anne Frank House)

Foto del escritor: Yulia DibrovskaYulia Dibrovska

Actualizado: 17 ago 2023


It was summer, full of joy as usual, but for some reason, I started reading the Diary of Anne Frank. While it was sunny outside, the book transported me to the gloomy rooms of the Frank family's refuge.


The book impressed me enormously, so when I went to Amsterdam some months afterwards, I knew I had to visit the museum located in Anne Frank House. It stroked me, why on earth would anyone hate anonymous people so much as to wish them all to extinguish. This book called my attention because it should answer all those questions: why, when, how.


I found the book really informative and entertaining though I think it should be more objective. It does say that Jews have made some mistakes in recent history but tells much more about Jews being persecuted by Christians and the Catholic church. Nothing about Jews persecuting early Christians, mass killing of them, etc. The authors say that the New Testament has many antisemitic passages but nothing about jews "deserving" all those critics.


I think there can't be room for racism and persecution of innocent people, but indeed, this persecution is not just against Jews. I know, myself being Ukrainian, something about persecution just because you're a part of an ethnic group and speak your language. In 1932-1933 Stalin organised a great artificial famine in Ukraine. Almost 14 million people died in just 2 years. That is quite more than 6 million Jews in 5 years. Though it's not so famous internationally, it's the same type of evil and hatred.


I recommend reading this book if you're curious about the history of antisemitic sentiment, but please, read it from a critical point of view. Though victims of many persecutions, Jews were, and maybe still are, at some measure, the persecutors as well.

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