Language:
German
Year of publication:
1993
Titel der Quelle:
Jahrbuch für Antisemitismusforschung
Angaben zur Quelle:
2 (1993) 174-199
Keywords:
Jews History 1800-2000
;
Antisemitism History 1800-2000
Abstract:
Analyzes three types of philosemitism in the Wilhelmine period: the liberal-humanistic, the Christian-missionary, and the aristocratic-pro-Zionist. All three advocated what they considered was good for the Jews, but not for the real good of Jewry and Judaism. The liberals, such as T. Mommsen and the Verein zur Abwehr des Antisemitismus of which he was a founder, carried on the Enlightenment tradition of Lessing and Dohm. They fought antisemitism for the sake of the unity of the state, and demanded the assimilation of Jews to German culture, which required their conversion. The leading Protestant missionaries, Strack and Delitzsch, were also Hebraists who used their learning to defend Judaism from falsifications, such as Rohling's "Talmudjude"; but they loved Jews as potential Christians. Börries Freiherr von Münchhausen was enthusiastic about the national movement to restore Jews to their ancient grandeur, but disliked "ghetto Jews" and ultimately became a Nazi. Many other aristocrats, of various political shades, supported the Zionist movement.
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