Language:
English
Year of publication:
2009
Titel der Quelle:
Moreshet; Journal for the Study of the Holocaust and Antisemitism
Angaben zur Quelle:
6 (2009) 137-160
Keywords:
Centralverein Deutscher Staatsbürger Jüdischen Glaubens
;
Jews History 1870-1945
;
Antisemitism History 1871-
;
Antisemitism
Abstract:
The activities of the Centralverein Deutscher Staatsbürger Jüdischen Glaubens (CV), established in 1893, were opposed by many German Jews, who preferred to keep a low profile. The organization attempted to counteract antisemitic propaganda, but its main goal was to legally protect the rights of Jews in Germany. The lawyers of the CV helped individual Jews bring libel suits, but faced difficulties when they attempted to sue writers or others who slandered the Jews as a group. In the latter case, they had to convince government prosecutors to act against the slanderers, and although they used public pressure, they were often unsuccessful. In the Weimar period, the CV convinced the government to order regional prosecutors to deal with cases of slander against the Jews, and to declare incitement against Jews illegal. However, the judiciary mostly opposed the republic and only sometimes punished slanderers of Jews with light sentences. By 1926 the lawyers of the CV realized they were not obtaining justice in the courts, but hoped the situation would improve; in the early 1930s they reverted to the "quiet restraint" that was preferred by most German Jews.
Note:
In Hebrew:
,
"ילקוט מורשת" פה (תשסט) 152-171
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