1881Rejection of Petition for Jewish Removal from Public Life

The German Reichstag receives and rejects a petition with mo...
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✍️ Karl Marx's 'On the Jewish Question'

Karl Marx publishes his work On the Jewish Question: "What is the worldly cult of the Jew? Huckstering. What is his worldly god? Money... Money is the jealous God of Israel, besides which no other god may exist... The god of the Jews has been secularized and has become the god of this world", "In the final analysis, the emancipation of the Jews is the emancipation of mankind from Judaism."
Karl Marx's 'On the Jewish Question' (1844)
AntisemitismIdeologyKarl Marx19th CenturyPhilosophyHucksteringPolitical TheoryJewish Question
GermanyGermany

🚩 Adolf Stoecker Founds Christian Social Party

Adolf Stoecker, German antisemitic preacher and politician, founds the Christian Social Party, which marks the beginning of the political antisemitic movement in Germany.
Adolf Stoecker Founds Christian Social Party (1878)
Political antisemitismChristian Social PartyAdolf StoeckerGermany19th centuryIdeologyAntisemitism
GermanyGermany

🗣️ Heinrich von Treitschke Justifies Antisemitism

Heinrich von Treitschke, German historian and politician, justifies the antisemitic campaigns in Germany, bringing antisemitism into learned circles.
Heinrich von Treitschke Justifies Antisemitism (1879)
IdeologyAntisemitismHeinrich von TreitschkeGermanyAcademic antisemitism19th century
GermanyGermany

🗳️ Rejection of Petition for Jewish Removal from Public Life

The German Reichstag receives and rejects a petition with more than 250,000 signatures, and supported by the Kaiser's personal chaplain, Adolf Stoecker, calling for the removal of Jews from public life.
Rejection of Petition for Jewish Removal from Public Life (1881)
Political antisemitismPetitionAdolf StoeckerReichstag19th centuryIdeology
GermanyGermany

👤 Georg Ritter von Schönerer Adopts the Title "Führer"

Georg Ritter von Schönerer, a pan-German Austrian leader and antisemite styles himself as "Führer" and he and his followers use the greeting "Heil!"
Georg Ritter von Schönerer Adopts the Title "Führer" (1881)
FührerPan-GermanismAntisemitismGeorg Ritter von Schönerer19th centuryIdeologyAustria
AustriaAustria

🌍 International Anti-Jewish Congress in Dresden

The International Anti-Jewish Congress, led by Adolf Stoecker, convenes at Dresden, Germany; it appeals to "the Government and Peoples of Christian Nations Threatened by Judaism" to expel "the Semitic race of Jews" from Europe.
International Anti-Jewish Congress in Dresden (1882)
International Anti-Jewish CongressDresdenAdolf StoeckerExpulsionIdeology19th century
GermanyGermany