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Judenzählung

(1,900 words)

Author(s): Berger, Michael
“Judenzählung”  was the name given to a Jewish census carried out in compliance with an official decree of October 1916, for the purpose of ascertaining the contribution of Jews to the war efforts of the German army. The Jewish census must be seen against the background of the rapidly growing antisemitism during the first two years of the war. The statistical results were not published. Accordingly, the Jewish census left room for antisemitic interpretations, in spite of Jewish objections. German…
Date: 2020-05-12

Reichsbund jüdischer Frontsoldaten

(2,501 words)

Author(s): Berger, Michael
The Reichsbund jüdischer Frontsoldaten (RjF; Reich Federation of Jewish Front-Line Soldiers), which was founded in 1919, aimed to counteract antisemitic propaganda after the First World War by honoring Jewish soldiers’ military contributions and self-sacrifice on behalf of the German Empire. Starting in the early 1920s the RjF organized self-protection measures against antisemitic attacks. The RjF’s proclamations were characterized by a strong connection to the military and to contemporary Germa…
Date: 2022-09-30