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I don't doubt that anti-Semitism had a role, but Shapiro had been caught selling forgeries before, so it was not suspicion based entirely on him being Jewish.
by rossdavidh 6y ago
I don't doubt that anti-Semitism had a role, but Shapiro had been caught selling forgeries before, so it was not suspicion based entirely on him being Jewish.
- fortran77 6y agoHe was a "convert" to Christianity, so neither Jews nor Christians were likely to trust him.