Interactive history & understanding
WTJ: An illustrated history of antisemitism.
Explore how antisemitism took root, changed over time and appears today. Begin with a country, travel through selected historical windows and read the stories behind the illustrated scenes.
- 30 country journeys
- Historical stories with linked sources
- An illustrated atlas and Tree of Antisemitism
- No account required
See WTJ in action
An illustrated atlas. Thirty country journeys.
History begins with a place
The atlas opens journeys through thirty countries. Each has its own historical windows, painted environments and discoverable stories, alongside an account of how antisemitism developed locally.
The story, and the sources behind it
Read a chapter in order, open an individual discovery or explore a country’s origins and contemporary context. Historical source links remain available alongside the reading.
The illustrations are interpretive learning environments. They are not archival photographs or reconstructions, and the selected chapters do not claim to cover every part of a country’s history.
Follow an idea through the Tree
The Tree of Antisemitism offers a different starting point: explore religious, racial, political and conspiratorial ideas, with historical examples that connect the concepts back to country journeys.
Questions and answers
What is WTJ?
WTJ stands for Why the Jews? It is an illustrated educational web experience about the history of antisemitism, with country journeys, historical stories and linked sources.
Do I need an account or an app-store download?
No account or app-store download is required. Explore at wtj.app in your browser, or use its Install PWA option to add it to your Home Screen.
Can I use WTJ offline?
After an initial online visit and completion of the app’s asset cache, the installed web experience can open its first-party content offline. External historical sources require an internet connection.