The Power of Myth

1. The Power of Myth

2. Historical Maps

3. Map of Jewish expulsions and resettlement areas in Europe • 1100 to 1500

4. Pogroms, 1871-1906 • Map of pogroms and antisemitic acts of violence in Russia and the Pale from 1871-1906.

5. Estimated Jewish population of Europe in 1939.

6. Images in Church 70 CE – Middle Ages

7. The Great Revolt: Destruction of the Second Temple

8. Arch of Titus in Rome. This detail depicts the destruction of the second Beit HaMikdash (Temple) in 70 Common Era (C.E.).

9. Stained Glass Windows: Church and Synagogue (Ecclesia and Synagoga) in the Elisabeth Church in Marburg, Germany

10. Images from the Crusades Circa 1000 CE

12. Antisemitic pamphlet with illustration of ritual murder of a Christian boy by a Jew.

13. Middle Ages The Plague

14. The Black Plague

15. The Bubonic Plague • 25 million people died in just under five years between 1347 and 1352. • Estimated population of Europe from 1000 to 1352: 1000 38 million 1100 48 million 1200 59 million 1300 70 million 1347 75 million 1352 50 million

16. The Myth of Jews Poisoning Wells • Image: Illustration of a Jew poisoning the Christian water supply by dropping some potion into the well.

17. Middle Ages Money Lending

18. Medieval iconography is filled with images of Jews engaged in financial activities and often implies that Jews are draining resources from the Christian community. • Image: Medieval Jewish merchants.

20. Middle Ages Ritualism

21. Myth of the Blood Libel

23. 18th Century to Early 19th Century

26. Late19th/Early 20th Century

27. Dreyfuss Affair, 1894

28. Postcard, 1905

29. Protocols of the Elders of Zion

31. Germany 1930s

32. “Education”

33. In Children’s Books

35. Game: “Jew Out”