Jewish People Dbq

Political, economic and historical events created a lot of inequalities in society towards different races and classes of people, but the Jewish people faced a lot of discrimination. One of the main reasons Herzl wanted to create this Jewish state was because of the constant violence and attacks Jewish people were facing from mainstream European groups. Herzl describes how Jews constantly faced “attacks in parliaments, in assemblies, in the press, in the pulpit, in the street”, and explains how often many Jews “are put to death”. Jewish people suffered and lost their lives as a result of this violence and many governments in Europe also did very little to stop this abuse from being committed against hundreds of Jews. This is significant as
it shows that many political systems in Europe allowed for the oppression of different races in society and permitted the use of anti-Semitic views.