Asteria
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BACKGROUND POINTS
↪ an influx of Irish Immigrants in the East End of London
↪ starting with the year 1882, an influx of Jewish refugees from Tsarist Russia and other areas of Eastern Europe
⇒ the parish of Whitechapel in London's East End becomes increasingly overcrowded
⇒ living conditions worsened and therefore, robbery, violence, alcohol dependency and prostitution (over 62 brothels and 1200 prostitutes present) are commonplace
⇒ the economic problems also lead to a rise in social tensions ⮞ frequent public demonstrations & anti-semitism, crime, nativism, racism, social disturbance
⇒ Whitechapel is now considered "a notorious den of immorality"
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