Persecution of Jews is a recurring phenomenon throughout Jewish history . It has occurred on numerous occasions and in widely different geographical locations . It may include pogroms , looting and demolition of private and public Jewish property ( e.g. , Kristallnacht ) , unwarranted arrest , imprisonment , torture , killing , or even mass execution ( in World War II alone , approximately 6 million people were deliberately killed only for being Jewish ) . They have been expelled from their hometowns/countries , hoping to find havens in other polities . In recent times anti-Semitism has often been manifested as Anti-Zionism , despite the fact that there are various Jewish groups whose members themselves oppose the idea of Zionism
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht
Persecution