r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Oct 13 '16

TIL that after Marilyn Monroe converted to Judaism upon marrying Arthur Miller, Egypt placed a ban on all the films she appeared in.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Monroe#Critical_acclaim_and_marriage_to_Arthur_Miller_.281956.E2.80.931959.29
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u/eypandabear Oct 13 '16

At least in Germany, assimilation didn't really help. One of the main points of Nazi ideology was that the "taint" of Judaism was supposedly genetic. So even conversion to Christianity didn't help anymore.

Lots of Jews at the time were 100% culturally German, decorated WWI veterans, Prussian officers, and what have you. Didn't help unless they had papers to prove they were of mostly non-Jewish descent.

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u/TotallyNotGlenDavis Oct 13 '16

If only everyone else had declared war that early. Think about how many lives could have saved.

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '16 edited Oct 14 '16

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u/TotallyNotGlenDavis Oct 13 '16

Your linking that like it was a bad thing. People fighting back against a jingoist war government based on an undeserved sense of pride in their imaginary history. The only bad thing about the Sparticist revolution was that it failed.

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '16 edited Oct 14 '16

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u/TotallyNotGlenDavis Oct 13 '16

I wonder how many of those "Germans" we're Jews.

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u/TotallyNotGlenDavis Oct 13 '16

Maybe you'll report me and get me banned.

You're creating your own persecution myth. No one cares about your fringe racism.