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The conclusion was that the views in general were favorable, but that there was a strong hierarchy based on which groups to live with. Swedes primarily preferred relationships with Scandinavians, Western Europeans and Southern Europeans, and then Eastern Europeans, Central Europeans and Latin Americans.
The history of antisemitism, defined as hostile actions or discrimination against Jews as a religious or ethnic group, goes back many centuries, being called "the longest hatred". [1] Jerome Chanes identifies six stages in the historical development of antisemitism: [2]
The Holocaust was among the most significant events in modern Jewish history and one of the largest genocides in the history of the world. Approximately six million Jews were murdered by the Nazis, accounting for roughly 2/3 of all European Jews. By the early 20th century, the Jews of Germany were the most integrated Jews in Europe.
Under the Lisbon treaty the European Union was given an extra degree of force and ability to address issues of human rights violations within its member states.. The Lisbon treaty came into force on 1 December 2009 and with it the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights became legally binding, having the same force as primary EU law and making it the primary source of human rights law within the ...
The movement was designed "to resist marginalization and discrimination, to gain social acceptance, and to construct a cultural identity for themselves." [ 24 ] According to the United Nations , people with a migrant background also "are under-represented in important institutions, including the political system, the police and the courts".
Turks are "the most prominent ethnic minority group in contemporary Germany", [121] and discrimination and violence against them are common. [ 122 ] [ 123 ] In public discourse and popular jokes, they are often portrayed as "ludicrously different in their food tastes, dress, names, and even in their ability to develop survival techniques".
The Nordic Resistance Movement has been noted as a leading neo-Nazi organization in Sweden, exporting extremism throughout Scandinavia and maintaining ties with extremist groups elsewhere in Europe, South Africa, and North America. [25] Contemporary white supremacist groups are part of a century-long history of Nazi and neo-Nazi activism in Sweden.
In late 1939 and early 1940, Hans Frank, the General Governor of occupied Poland, refused to accept the 30,000 German and Austrian Roma which were to be deported to his territory. Heinrich Himmler "lobbied to save a handful of pure-blooded Roma", whom he believed to be an ancient Aryan people for his "ethnic reservation", but was opposed by ...