German Politics and the Jews: Düsseldorf and Nuremberg, 1910-1933

Kauders, Anthony

Abstract

This book is a scholarly reassessment of the ‘Jewish Question’ in Germany (1910–1933). It challenges the view that, following Hitler's rise to power, anti-Semitism radically increased among the majority of Germans. It argues that the Weimar Republic was also very influential in changing people's attitudes towards the Jews and their place in German society. Through a study of Düsseldorf and Nuremberg, two German cities of comparable size but disparate regional, religious, and economic characteristics, it explores the attitudes of journalists, politicians, clerics, and ordinary people. Using local and national archival material, the book is able to show that, whereas before the First World War most Germans would distance themselves from racial anti-Semitism, after 1918 many Germans agreed with völkisch agitators that Jews were, in a variety of ways, alien to the national community.

Citation

Kauders, A. (1996). German Politics and the Jews: Düsseldorf and Nuremberg, 1910-1933. Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780198206316.001.0001

• Book Type: Monograph
• Publication Date: Oct 3, 1996
• Deposit Date: Aug 2, 2023
• Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
• ISBN: 9780198206316
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780198206316.001.0001
• Keywords: Germany, Jews, national community, Hitler, Weimar Republic, journalists, Nuremberg, First World War, German society, politicians