What do you know about AS?

[Kyt]

Anti-semetism was a cental tenant of the Nazi party, and was used by them as a factor motivating force for uniting the German people. However, AS did not appear out of nowhere, amd its historical roots are very important for understanding of WW2, Nazi Germany, and even as a reflection of the attitudes of certain Allied nations.

I see no problem discussing it here.

[Wise1]

Originally Posted by Interrogator#6

May I take a moment to address the issue for some alternative perspectives?

Why discuss it here in a Forum which is supposed to be regarding in particular one aspect of Military History?

Why use the term anti-sematism? That issue is not about all semitic peoples but about only one of the semitic ethinic group. Semetic refers to a group of languages: Arabic, Armenian, and Hebrew being the primary members of this language branch. The term derives from a time when Europeans only encountered one of this groups, but today with global travel and communications this crass bigotry seems dated.

If you wish to talk historic roots, lets talk history. This bias stems from a time when the Latin Church had temporal in Italy, when the Pope et al had made pronouncements so as to gain even more temporal power.

We can talk about the reasons for the First Crusade, and subsequent crusades. Wecan talk of trade issues, then the Papacy was in direct competition with Arabian merchants for the Alum trade. Or we can talk about the traffic controlled by the Byzantium traders, or her daughter Venice.

Then there is the issue of the Inquistion. That was the result of not only displacing the Moors from Andalusia, but also the Jews.

Remember, there is not one cause but many, and some are self-reinforcing influences.

It is a old and wide topic which deserves a spotlight, but is this the correct venue for such an examination?

Yes it is the correct place to discuss it, dont get me wrong, I understand your points. However they are over complicating the reason for starting the thread. AS was a specific element used by HH to further his goals and it was the history of it that you refer to that he very much used in his validation towards the treatment of the Jews.