Language:
German
Year of publication:
1999
Titel der Quelle:
Sachor
Angaben zur Quelle:
9 (1999) 12-26
Keywords:
Riesser, Gabriel,
;
Jews History 1800-2000
Abstract:
Describes Riesser's inability, after receiving his law degree, to obtain employment either at a university or in the state, or even to be permitted to practice law in his native city Hamburg; as a Jew he did not have citizenship, which was reserved for Jewish bankers and others with economic influence. He became a journalist, founded his own journal, "Der Jude", and published tracts against the discrimination of the Jews. In 1848 he was elected to the national assembly at the Frankfurt Paulskirche, which began to draw up a constitution to include a clause granting equal rights to all, regardless of religion. Only one delegate, Moritz Mohl, demanded that this clause exclude the Jews, who according to him would not assimilate and whom he accused of exploitation; if permitted, they would bring about the ruin of Germany. Riesser replied in a brilliant speech, and the assembly passed the equal rights clause in its original form. also describes Riesser's participation in the political deliberations of the assembly.
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