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The Catholic Church considered the Jews pestilent for fifteen hundred years, put them in ghettos, etc, because it recognized the Jews for what they were. : I recognize the representatives of this race as pestilent for the state and for the church and perhaps I am thereby doing Christianity a great service by pushing them out of schools and public functions.

Adolf Hitler#25

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About this quote

What does it mean?
The speaker claims the Catholic Church historically opposed Jews and asserts that removing them from public life serves Christianity.
In plain terms
I agree with the Church in excluding Jews because they are harmful to the state.
What can you take from it?
Antisemitism is framed as a service to religion and state.

Where it applies

  • historical persecution
  • state policies
  • religious rhetoric

Putting it to work

  • studying historical bias
  • examining religious rhetoric
  • analyzing exclusionary laws

Questions to consider

  • How is prejudice justified in public discourse?
  • What is the role of religion in exclusion?

Another view

This claim distorts historical facts to justify hatred and exclusion.

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