Anti-Semitism
Anti-Semitism (also spelled antisemitism) is hostility to, prejudice, or discrimination against Jews[1]. A person who holds such positions and ideas is called an antisemite. Anti-Semitism is generally considered to be a form of racism. The term anti-Semitism was coined in 1879 by the German agitator Wilhelm Marr to label the anti-Jewish campaigns undergoing in central Europe at that time. Nazi anti-Semitism, which climaxed in the Holocaust, had a racist quality in that it targeted Jews due to their alleged "Biological characteristics". This sort of anti-Jewish racism dates merely to the development of so-called “scientific racism” in the 1800s and is different in nature from other, earlier anti-Jewish prejudices.[2]
Manifestations
Nazi Germany
Main article: Anti-semitism in Nazi Germany
The Nazis found Anti-Semitic collaborators in almost every single country that they invaded.[3]