Language:
German
Year of publication:
2008
Titel der Quelle:
Jahrbuch des Simon-Dubnow-Instituts
Angaben zur Quelle:
7 (2008) 435-467
Keywords:
Jews History 18th century
;
Antisemitism History
;
Prussia (Germany)
Abstract:
Disputes Selma Stern's thesis that 18th-century Prussian officialdom benefited Jews by regulating their status, including residence rights for Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe, by legislation in place of arbitrary decisions by the king. On the contrary, Friedrich II, who detested the Jews, although recognizing their usefulness for trade with Poland, retained the right to decide on the admission of every individual Jew. This was generally conditional on large financial assets and a committment to export Prussian porcelain and other manufactured wares to a certain value yearly - conditions that were not included in the legal code. Details examples of the difficulties faced even by wealthy Jews in obtaining the "Geleit" permitting them to settle in a given town, usually near the Polish border. Analyzes the sociological and demographic effects of these policies.
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