Online Auction 021 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture

"The German Michael and the Jews" – An Anti-Semitic Leaflet Warning against Jewish Emancipation – Vienna, 1848

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Der Deutsche Michel Und Die Juden [The German Michael and the Jews], an anti-Semitic leaflet by Leopold Oesterreicher [pseudonym]. [Vienna]: M. Lell, [1848]. German.
This anti-Semitic leaflet, printed during the Spring of Nations (the Revolutions of 1848), calls to deprive Jews of their civil, social and political rights. It appeals to "German Michael", as a typical prototype of the good, honest German, and warns him against the Jews by using anti-Semitic stereotypes: the Jews control the world by means of their money, their cunning and exploitation; the Jews were behind the French Revolution; the Jews endanger England; Polish Jews flood Austria; and more.
[1] leaf, 40 cm. Good condition. Fold lines. Stains. Several creases and tears along edges.
Antisemitism, Holocaust and She'erit HaPletah
Antisemitism, Holocaust and She'erit HaPletah