Documents - Politics II: Parties and Political Mobilization

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31.	Hellmuth von Gerlach on Leading Antisemites and their Agitation (1880s) Hellmuth von Gerlach (1866-1935) was a member of the Association of German Students [Verein....
32.	Elections to the German Reichstag (1871-1890): A Statistical Overview The Reichstag (imperial parliament) of the German Reich was elected by universal, equal, direct, and secret male suffrage. For most of the imperial period, 397 deputies sat in the Reichstag, each....
33.	Theodor Fontane Describes a Conservative Election Campaign in Rural Brandenburg (1880s) The following excerpt is from Theodor Fontane’s novel The Stechlin [Der Stechlin], published in 1899. It is a fictional work, but the account provided here illuminates many aspects....
34.	Hellmuth von Gerlach Describes a Conservative Election Campaign in Rural Silesia (1880s) Hellmuth von Gerlach (1866-1935) began his career as an antisemitic journalist and follower of the Christian Social Party, which functioned as a wing of the conservative movement. Later, he became....
35.	Herbert von Bismarck on Election "Overseers" in Danzig and Bismarck's Strategy against Left Liberalism (October 1881) In the 1880s Bismarck took great pains to mobilize pro-government conservative forces and undermine support for liberal candidates to the Reichstag. These excerpts from letters written by his son....
36.	Gustav Freytag Describes a Liberal Election Campaign in Erfurt (January 21 and 30, 1867) Gustav Freytag (1816-1895) was one of the most popular German novelists of the second half....
37.	Paul Göhre Describes a Socialist Election Campaign in Chemnitz (1890) Paul Göhre (1864-1924) was a Protestant pastor and social reformer who lived undercover as a factory worker in Chemnitz for three months in 1890 in order to experience working-class life first-hand.....
38.	Friedrich Engels to Karl Marx’s Daughter on Social Democracy's Prospects after the Reichstag Elections (February 26, 1890) In the Reichstag elections of February 20, 1890, the Bismarckian “Cartel” of pro-government parties lost its majority, while the SPD celebrated a major victory. Writing from his London exile to the....
39.	Retrospective Judgment of a District Governor on the Failure of the Anti-Socialist Law (1925) This excerpt is drawn from the 1925 memoirs of Baron Hans Hermann von Berlepsch (1843-1926),....
40.	Theodor Fontane to Georg Friedlaender on Self-Seeking Byzantinism as the Hallmark of the Age (April 3, 1887) Bismarck’s ability to manipulate political parties and elections by conjuring up a war scare was amply demonstrated in the winter of 1886-1887 and contributed to the victory of the pro-government....
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