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A survey of Jewish history from the destruction of the Temple (70 CE) until 1948. Deals, also, with Christian-Jewish antagonism in the ancient period, and persecution during the medieval period: the Crusades and their consequences, blood libels, host desecration accusations, deicide accusations, and the issue of usury. Mentions the expulsion of the Jews from Spain. Describes the antisemitism of the 19th century, and deals with the rise of the Nazi regime and the Holocaust.