Language:
German
Year of publication:
2001
Titel der Quelle:
Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaft
Angaben zur Quelle:
49,6 (2001) 485-497
Keywords:
Antisemitism History 1800-2000
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Jews Economic conditions
Abstract:
Describes the acrimonious debate between Liberals and Conservatives about Germany's transition to a uniform monetary system based on the gold standard (1871 and 1873), and the establishment of the Reichsbank (1876) with capital consisting of private investments. The initiator of both measures, for which at first there was great enthusiasm, was the Liberal Jewish delegate Ludwig Bamberger; however, there were Jews on both sides of the issue. The Conservatives opposed the measures as schemes to further enrich the wealthy at the expense of the welfare of the rest of the nation. The economic crisis of 1873-96 sharpened the dispute even further and brought in an antisemitic note: the authors of the measures and the only ones to profit from them were supposedly the Jewish capitalists, the "bloodsuckers", the "Golden International". However, the reforms survived.
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