In April 1933, Hitler shocked world opinion with a nationwide boycott of Jewish businesses and the removal of all Jews from the civil service and the professions. However, the Nazi attack on the Jews did not come out of the blue. Anti-Jewish propaganda, discrimination and violence were an integral feature of everyday life during the… Continue reading The International Press and German Antisemitism during the Weimar Republic, 1918-1933
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The German-Jewish Press and the First World War
How did German Jews experience the First World War? One of the most important sources is the German-Jewish press, i.e. newspapers and journals written in German and published by Jews for a pre-dominantly Jewish readership, with a thematic focus on issues of Jewish interest. The periodicals mirror the communal life as well as the central… Continue reading The German-Jewish Press and the First World War
Women War Reporters of the First World War
This project sheds fresh light on the history of women in journalism by focusing on the largely forgotten role of female war reporters during the First World War. These women came from a variety of belligerent and neutral countries and reported from war theatres in different parts of the world. They published their accounts and… Continue reading Women War Reporters of the First World War