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Word: bloodguilt (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...period of reviving antiSemitism, brought finally to public attention by the defacing of synagogues, the visitors to Oberammergau will see, under highly emotional circumstances, a play in which the synagogue is a rallying point for evil and in which the Jewish people accept gleefully for themselves and their children bloodguilt for the murder of the Christian Saviour." As one of many savage lines given the Jews, he cites the words of the High Priest Annas at the foot of the cross: "It would delight mine eyes to see his body torn by wild beasts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Passion Revised | 3/21/1960 | See Source »

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