Language:
English
Year of publication:
1983
Titel der Quelle:
Leo Baeck Institute Year Book
Angaben zur Quelle:
28 (1983) 367-410
Keywords:
Antisemitism History 20th century
;
Jews History 20th century
;
Elections History 20th century
Abstract:
Discusses the Reichstag elections of January 1912. The aristocrats of the Right shouted their cry "against Jews and Jew lovers" ("Judengenossen") and, indeed, it was not long before the elections were dubbed "Judenwahlen" by Germany's political Right. The story of the elections is well known, and the antisemitic background noises which preceded, accompanied, and followed them have been duly noted by scholars. This essay will look at the respective positions which Jews and their detractors adopted prior to, during, and after the elections; will explore the reasons why the so-called "Jewish question" - namely, whether that "alien" group could and ought to be fully accepted on a basis of equality into German society - surfaced even before the elections were held, although many contemporary observers, Jews and non-Jews alike, believed at the time that the issue had been on the wane since the turn of the century; and will discuss how the outcome of the elections affected that question then and subsequently.
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DOI:
10.1093/leobaeck/28.1.367
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