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Increase of Antisemitism in the Czech Republic in Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic: Present Issues Explained on the Bases of Traditional Historical Stereotypes and Prejudice
Mgr. Eva Taterová, M.A., Ph.D., Institute of Contemporary History of the Czech Academy of Sciences
The study aims to introduce and interpret the increase of antisemitism in the Czech Republic in response to the new challenges brought by the covid-19 pandemic. The issues such as the spread of the most influential anti-Jewish coronavirus conspiracies, frequent covid-19 vaccine hoaxes, and the abuse of the Yellow Star, globally known as the symbol of the Holocaust, by the anti-vaxxers, have been resonating in the Czech Republic since spring 2020. Despite the new circumstances, the antisemitic incidents related to the coronavirus pandemic can be explained on the bases of the traditional historical stereotypes and prejudice typical for the Czech post-war society.
Keywords: antisemitism, conspiracies, covid-19 pandemic, Czech Republic, Jews.