Language:
German
Year of publication:
1999
Titel der Quelle:
...aber ihr Ruf verhallt ins Leere hinein
Angaben zur Quelle:
(1999) 189-195
Keywords:
Hermann, Georg,
;
Pückler-Muskau, Walter,
;
Antisemitism History 1800-2000
;
Antisemitism in literature
;
Jewish authors 20th century
Abstract:
Georg Hermann (1871-1943) was a German-Jewish writer. His novel "Der kleine Gast" (1925), is an autobiographical retrospective look at his life and at the development of German society from the late 19th century to the middle of the interwar period. In the novel he speaks of the existence of an aggressive, murderous antisemitism hidden between the lines in the German press.The novel depicts a character based on Count Walter von Pückler-Muskau, a German lawyer and member of a noble family, who was a rabid antisemite. He organized antisemitic gatherings, gave vent to antisemitic tirades, calling for murder of Jews, was sued by Jews in court several times, and was finally interned in a hospital for the mentally ill in 1908. Although his antisemitic activity was marginal and he owed his popularity to his ridiculous stance, from the perspective of the 1920s, after anti-Jewish riots and on the background of Nazi agitation, this "psychopath" appears as a precursor and a successful agitator.
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