The History of Anti-Semitism Starting From the Bible to the Holocaust In today's view of anti-Semitism, the most significant anti-Semitic movement was World War II and the Holocaust, however, all throughout history, a prejudice against the Jewish people has been present that might have led to this genocide. How could so many people be blind to this mass murder without having a feeling of self-reproach? In the New Testament, there are references that arguably show offenses to Judaism (Duran 1). However, World War II was not the only event in history that resulted in mass killing of the Jews During the Crusade Pe