Introduction
Question one
Anti-Semitism is malicious intolerance of the ancient civilization, which violated human rights and dignity of the Jewish people. It included acts of hatred, prejudice, and discrimination against the Jewish people based on their birthright and heritage. Anti-Semitism involves terrorism and other malicious acts that are directly intended to destroy a person or a group of people with reason of will they differ from you on grounds of heritage differences (Kruger, 2009 p. 56). In Switzerland religion contributed largely to Anti-Semitism, as hatred had built between the Christians and Non-Christians more so the Jews. Reports by an American Anti-Semitism department released a report that exhibit the condition of anti-Semitism in this civilization. As per the report, in total there were 140 cases, 73 of them were from Germany based region and 67 being from the French speaking region of the country. The count down from the Germany speaking area was a double of previous numbers. For the French, it represented a decline of 75 incidents in the year 2005 (Bergmann, 2008 p. 350).
The difference in religious beliefs that the Swiss are clean and different in their doing as opposed to the Jewish people spurs the conflict and hatred that as according to scholars it has been rising from year to year. In the year 2007, the 24th day of may Hekhal Hanes synagogue was burnt into ashes by suspected Jewish fugitives as the Swiss police ruled it as an arson.
The situation worsens when the Swiss declares being different and thus blame the Zionists for all the crimes that happened. The Switzerland government reacts to the rising cases of this worsening situation by initiating a program to compensate the Holocaust victims. However, due to the existing difference in religious beliefs thus antagonism between the Jewish natives and the Swiss makes this more controversial as the Swiss belief that they were the Victims and the Jews were the Villains (Kruger, 2009 p. 100).
Question two
According to Catherine the great point of view on anti-Semitism is on the settle of the Jews in specific provinces. The registered Jews were the only people allowed to have permanent residence in certain provinces. For instance entry to Courland province was only granted to the registered and Jews from another province was foreign. In other terms, any Jew who travels abroad without being issued with a legal exist permit is subject deprived of Russian citizenship (Bergmann, 2008 p 344). The fact that Martin Luther was a pastor gave him the courage and knowledge to handle diverse matters. Among the matter include the issue of Jews by showing himself as a close friend to them and discourages the mistreatment of the Jews terming it as an unchristian act.
Both Catherine and martin share the same sentiments on the anti-Semitism. They advocate for equity that is all the Jews should be given equal opportunities or chance to reside and worship in any of the provinces. They both argue that the Jews should be guided by the good religious morals and values and should undermine the peoples' rights. It simply means that the Christian and Muslims had to obey certain commands that enhance coexistence of the people in the community (Kruger, 2009 p 167).
Anti-Semitism changed over the time in German due to the opposition for the right-wing groups in conjunction with the neo-Nazis. This difference between Jew and the Israel resulted in a lot of inhumane acts. It led to the call for the people to stand up and fight against anti-Semitism. The change tends to occur when the people lost interest of the holocaust and focus more on the impacts. Though many protest forms, the group against the practice took place it did not change the attitude of the people in German (Bergmann, 2008 p 344).
Works Cited
Bergmann, Werner. "Anti-Semitic Attitudes In Europe: A Comparative Perspective." Journal of Social Issues 64.2 (2008): 343-362. Print.
Kruger, C.G.. "Zionism And Anti-Semitism In Nazi Germany." The English Historical Review CXXIV.510 (2009): 1208-1210. Print.
