

A History of Antisemitism
2022-04-12 · 57 min / episode · ★ 6.9
A detailed account of the two millennia of intolerance and persecution suffered by the Jews, from antiquity to the present day.
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- Laurent Jaoui, Judith Cohen Solal, Jonathan Hayoun
- Production companies
- Effervescence Doc, ARTE
- Countries
- France
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- Ended
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Christian GononSelf - Narrator (voice)
Robert Jan van PeltSelf - Historian
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