Once banished from their Land by the Romans, the Jewish People got scattered all over the world. WHEREVER they settled down, they HAD TO FACE ‘Anti-Semitism’ in some form or another.
Historical records show THREE graphic episodes of Anti-Semitism.
One happens to be the ‘Pogroms’ in Russia, especially on ‘Good Friday’. After the Service the Priest would remove the crucifix from the altar and shout, “Let’s go and kill Christ killers”. The congregation would follow him to the Jewish area and assault even the women, elderly and small children.
The very FIRST statement that Jewish Children used to hear from their Gentile counterparts, ANYWHERE in the world was, “You are Christ killers”.
IF the Christians had read the GOSPELS diligently, they would have discovered that it was the ROMAN soldiers who scourged Christ, at the command of the Roman Governor Pilate and it was THEM that crucified HIM.
Moreover this is what Luke 18:31-33 state, as CHRIST HIMSELF Saying, “Jesus took the Twelve aside and told them, “We are going up to Jerusalem and everything that is written by the Prophets about the SON of Man will be fulfilled. HE will be ‘handed over’ to the GENTILES. THEY will mock HIM, insult HIM, spit on HIM, flog HIM and KILL HIM. On the third day HE will Rise again”. The Gospels clearly show that it was the Roman soldiers who did ALL THAT.
TRUE, it was the Sanhedrin that ‘handed HIM over’ to Pilate. THAT means BOTH Groups, Jews and Gentiles ARE RESPONSIBLE for, “What was DONE TO CHRIST”. YET sadly, ONLY Jewish People have been accused of IT and persecuted down the centuries.
Another format was the ‘Spanish Inquisition’ that was instigated by King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella (parallel of Biblical Jezebel), which was also carried out in Portugal later. Brazil became a Portuguese colony where they still speak that language, while other Latin American countries became Spanish colonies where they speak that tongue. Therefore the Jewish People living in those countries also experienced the effects of the inquisition. Inquisitions have been going on even prior to the ‘Spanish one’, but it was the ‘Spanish one’ that lasted for over 3 centuries becoming the worst.
Even the Jewish People in Goa, India were subjected to it, since it was a Portuguese colony. As they burnt the ‘Inquisition records’ when it was abolished in 1812, it is NOT possible to know the real extent to which, the Jewish People had to face brunt of the inquisition there. The few records that had survived only show 57 actual deaths and the burning of the effigies of 64, who had died while in custody, before being sentenced.
Of ALL the Anti-Semitic activities ‘Holocaust’ is the ONE that is quite well known and the figure of 6 million is also spoken about. YET many do NOT know that 1.5 million of that six million were children including BABIES.
It is said that Natzi German doctors carried out various experiments ON those babies, such as pouring certain chemicals into THEIR EYES to see whether the colour of the pupils could be changed. Josef Mengele also known as the ‘Angel of Death’ escaped to Argentina at the end of the war. Just ‘two quotes’ about his “experiments” given by Eye Witnesses:-
Nyiszli recalled one occasion on which “Mengele personally KILLED fourteen twins in ONE NIGHT by injecting their hearts with chloroform.” Witness Vera Alexander described how “Mengele SEWED two Romani twins together, back to back, in a ‘crude attempt’ to create conjoined twins; both children DIED of gangrene, AFTER several DAYS of suffering”. Rolf Mengele later claimed that his father had shown NO remorse for his wartime activities.
It must also be stated that under the Portuguese PM Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, Jewish People IN Portugal were SAFE during WW II, as that country adopted a ‘Neutral’ status, with the backing of the British. On the instructions of PM Salazar, Portuguese Embassies in European capitals GRANTED VISAS TO JEWISH PEOPLE in those countries, so that they could ESCAPE. It is said “The number of Visas issued by the Portuguese consul Aristides de Sousa Mendes in Paris cannot be determined”.
A book written by Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan-Witts was published in 1974, based on the actual plight of 937 Jewish People who initially LEFT Germany in 1939 on an ocean liner called “MS St. Louis”. A film was produced starring Faye Dunaway, Lee Grant and other famous stars and released in 1976 under the title of the book itself, “Voyage of the Damned”. Originally they were to land in Cuba, which was NOT a Communist country then. But neither Cuba, NOR countries like the U S and Canada were willing to allow them to land.
It appears to have been planned as a ‘brilliant piece of propaganda’, since one Natzi Official says in the film, “WHEN the ‘whole world’ has REFUSED to ACCEPT the Jewish Refugees, NO country can blame Germany for THEIR fate”.
Ultimately the German Captain caused the ship to crash onto a reef in the English Channel. Out of those on that ship, 288 managed to get to England and found safety there. Others went to France, Belgium and Holland. Another 87 managed to leave Europe through Portugal in 1940. Of the balance, 278 survived the holocaust and 254 perished in concentration camps in Europe, while 30 are unaccounted for. Canada apologized at the turn of this century, with PM Justin Trudeau doing so publicly over the media.
THAT is the kind of REJECTION Jewish People HAD TO FACE down the centuries.