Antisemites’ Petition (1880-1881)

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Milde, Official Legal Counselor, Lublinitz.
Richard Müller, Engineer, Berlin, Eichendorff Street 8.
Professor Dr. Pfaff, Erlangen.
Hermann von Pfister, Major at Phillippseich Palace in Darmstadt.
Max von Poncet, Manor Lord and Glassmaker, Friedrichshain.
R. L. C. Count von Recke-Volmerstein, Major, retired, at Höschen-Kommende.
Dr. Rapprecht, Healthcare Counselor, Hettstädt.
Rudolph Meyer von Schauensee, Nuremberg.
Schirmer, Manor Leaseholder and Head Official, Neuhaus at Delitzsch.
Ernst Schmeitzner, Publisher, Chemnitz.
Count von Schulenburg, Major, retired, Member of the Manor House, Beetzendorf.
Von Selchow, Manor Lord, Rudnik at Ratibor.
Seydel, Manor Lord and Factory Owner, Guben.
Stöcker, Court Preacher, Berlin.
Stromberger, Parochial Vicar, Biebesheim at Darmstadt.
Imperial Baron Carl von Thüngen-Roßbach.
Wayl, District Court Judge, Alsfeld in Hessen.
C. von Watzdorff-Wiesenburg.
H. Weber, Printer, Berlin S., Fürsten Street 12.
Dr. Camillus Wendeler, Steglitz at Berlin.
H. Widemann, Lawyer and Notary, Chemnitz.
Widemann, Jeweler, Dresden-Neustadt.
C. Wilmanns, Official Legal Counsel, Berlin.
Baron Hans Paul von Wolzogen, Bayreuth.
Von Wulffen, General Lieutenant, Breslau.
Professor Friedrich Zöllner, University of Leipzig.

Source of English translation: Richard S. Levy, Antisemitism in the Modern World. An Anthology of Texts. Lexington: Heath, 1991, pp. 125-27.

Source of original German text: The “second version” of the Antisemites’ Petition (“Antisemitenpetition”) appeared in the Reichsbote, no. 269, November 16, 1880; it was reprinted in Karsten Krieger, ed., Der „Berliner Antisemitismusstreit“ 1879-1881. Eine Kontroverse um die Zugehörigkeit der deutschen Juden zur Nation. Kommentierte Quellenedition [The “Berlin Antisemitism Conflict” 1879-1881. A Controversy Over Whether German Jews Belong to the Nation. Annotated Source Edition], 2 parts. Munich: K.G. Saur, 2003, part 2, pp. 579-83. Krieger is also the source of the list of signatories. These names do not appear in Levy (1991); they were translated by GHI staff.

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