judenhetze

/ˈjuːdənˌhɛtsə/

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Judenhetze (literally “Jew-baiting”), from Jude (“Jew”) + Hetze (“baiting; agitating; rabble-rousing; witch-hunting”).

Why this word is great

JUDENHETZE — [Noun] Anti-Semitic agitation or incitement against Jews, particularly in Central or Eastern Europe from the late 19th century to 1945. Unadapted borrowing from German Judenhetze, literally 'Jew-baiting,' from Jude ('Jew') + Hetze ('baiting, agitation, rabble-rousing'). Unlike 'Antisemitismus' (a diffuse prejudice) or 'Pogrom' (the bloody culmination), Judenhetze is the poison distilled into rhetoric—the pamphlets slipped under doors, the speeches crackling through radios, the slow turning of neighbors into denouncers. It is the match held to dry tinder, the whisper before the torch, the lie repeated until it becomes a truth too dangerous to question. And in its wake, only silence, and smoke.

noun

Anti-Semitism; chiefly in the context of Central or Eastern Europe, from the late 19th century until the fall of Nazi Germany in 1945:; Jew-baiting (the harassment, vilification or provocation of Jews, or incitement against them, for anti-Semitic reasons)“The Vienna New Free Press, of Oct. 10, reports as follows: On the 26th ult., a persecution of the Jews (Judenhetze, literally Jew-bait) took place in Gorlice (Galicia). A number of peasants forced their way into the synagogue during Divine Service, and commenced maltreating the Jews assembled there.”
Anti-Semitism; chiefly in the context of Central or Eastern Europe, from the late 19th century until the fall of Nazi Germany in 1945:; A societal mood of systemic and pervasive anti-Semitism.“The Polish or Russian nationality of the vast majority of these foreigners is an equally undisputed fact and a natural consequence of the recent outbreak of Judenhetze in Russian Poland and the adjoining territories.”