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The Riddle of the Jews' Success – Leipzig, 1927 – Anti-Semitic Book

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The Riddle of the Jews' Success by Ferdinand Roderich-Stoltheim. Leipzig: Hammer-Verlag, 1927.
Capel Pownall translation of the book "Das Rätsel des jüdischen Erfolges" by Theodor Fritsch who used the pen name Ferdinand Roderich-Stoltheim. The author tried in this anti-Semitic book to solve "one of the greatest riddles in human history" – the riddle of the Jews' success. Information throughout the book attempts to explain the financial and business talents of Jews; references from the Bible and Talmud trying to present Jews as racists and many other classic anti-Semitic motifs.
288 pp. Table of contents leaf, bound at the end of the book, should have probably appeared after the title page. 22 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Original binding. Stains and wear to binding.
Holocaust and Anti-Semitism
Holocaust and Anti-Semitism