It depends which country 'this country' is.
Before Jesus was born
Jews celebrate Hanukkah all over the world.
to take over their country
Abraham came from the city of Ur in Mesopotamia (Babylonia; today Iraq).
No, that's the wrong way around. The country or gentile people of Ashkenaz existed long before Jews ever came there. Western Jews are called Ashkenazim because they dwelt in that country for a time.
Many Jews did leave the country, but most of them thought that it would all be over in a few weeks. They did not want to believe what they were hearing either. It would be as if someone told you today that President Bush was murdering Buddhists. You would probably be skeptical too.
the netherlands
The Netherlands
Hanukkah is celebrated ALL over the world by Jews, wherever they live.
Israel. To allow the Jews to be free from the crimes that were and still are Tyranny and Hate.
The first Jewish settlers in what was to become the United States came from Holland; they in turn were descendants of refugees from the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492.
Germany