Anti-Semitism
Anti-Semitism was a form of prejudice against Jews. (PROSE: The Turing Test [+]Loading...["The Turing Test (novel)"], Birthright [+]Loading...["Birthright (novel)"])
History[[edit] | [edit source]]
In the 1880s, Jews made up a considerable portion of the workforce in London's East End. As a result, Jews were frequent targets of anti-Semitic persecution, being blamed for various events such as the Jack the Ripper murders. (PROSE: Birthright [+]Loading...["Birthright (novel)"])
Dr Ruth Horwitz, a physicist at St Ursula's College in England, was Jewish. In 1939, she received anti-Semitic poison pen letters for two to three months. (AUDIO: An Eye For Murder [+]Loading...["An Eye For Murder (audio story)"])
Anti-Semitism was among the core beliefs of the Nazi ideology. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Exodus [+]Loading...["Timewyrm: Exodus (novel)"], The Turing Test [+]Loading...["The Turing Test (novel)"]) In particular, Nazis believed that Jews were "subhuman". (PROSE: The Turing Test [+]Loading...["The Turing Test (novel)"])
Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]
The word "antisemitism" can be spelled both with a hyphen and without. However, the unhyphenated form is generally preferred by scholars and institutions. In DWU sources, only the hyphenated form has been used.
