More than a third of people in Hungary and Poland have 'extensive' antisemitic beliefs, says ADL

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More than a third of people in Hungary and Poland have ‘extensive’ antisemitic beliefs, ADL survey says


A survey by the Anti-Defamation League found that significant portions of people in 10 European countries believe a range of antisemitic stereotypes, including more than one in three people in Poland and Hungary.

The ADL measures antisemitic attitudes across a range of countries by asking respondents if they believe a set of 11 stereotypes about Jews, ranging from “Jews have too much power in the business world” to “Jews are responsible for most of the world’s wars.”

This survey, taken from November to January, polled more than 6,500 people across 10 countries: Germany, France, the United Kingdom., Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland, Hungary, Ukraine and Russia. The margin of error for Ukraine and Russia was 3.1%, and was 4.4% for the remaining countries.

According to the ADL’s methodology, “survey respondents who said at least 6 out of the 11 statements are ‘probably true’ are considered to harbor anti-Semitic attitudes.” In Hungary, 37% reached that threshold, while the figure was 35% in Poland. In Ukraine, 29% of respondents met that threshold, and in Russia and Spain, the figure was 26%. The lowest figure, 8%, was in the Netherlands.

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See Also: The ADL Global 100: An Index of Antisemitism which has the Global Map

[LetMyPeopleVote]

1. This is scary

[rickford66]

2. The same as here.

30% of Americans are MAGAs.

[doc03]

3. There is probably that 29% in any country that think that way about some group.

All it takes is another, Hitler, Musilini or Trump to stir the pot.

[Journeyman]

4. I thought Claude Lanzmann made this painfully clear four decades ago in "Shoah" . . .

The extent of antisemitism throughout Poland, indeed the degree of acknowledgment in their complicity, was stark. There were no percentages as I recall, but the attitudes and beliefs were undoubtedly widespread.

[Bucky]

5. If not Putin's intent, it's definitely a predictable side effect of his promoting RW parties

Antisemitism has never been an effective ruling tactic. It harms a vital and economically ambitious social niche within many western societies. But as subterranean rallying motivation for whipping up support among citizens (who a RW autocrat would normally not really care for or benefit) it's a terribly effective political tool. Isolating and demonizing a familiar scapegoat has a long tradition in European societies.

Putin trying to undermine the European community through its political tolerance for would-be authoritarians remains Putin's single "greatest" political achievement. It's still yielding dividends in creating uncertainty in central Europe, despite Russia's clear external threat to the region.

[Hortensis]

6. +100.