The Socialist Response to Antisemitism in Imperial Germany

Lars Fischer holds a BA in Modern History with First Class Honours from Queen Mary and Westfield College (University of London) and a PhD from University College London (UCL). He is Lecturer in Modern European History at King's College London and Honorary Research Fellow and Visiting Lecturer in the UCL Hebrew and Jewish Studies Department. The recipient of a number of prestigious scholarships and prizes, including the Derby Bryce Prize (University of London), Fischer's publications include scholarly articles in Revolutionary Russia and Owl of Minerva. He spent the summer of 2005 in Washington, DC, as a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies.

'Fischer here brings a sharp and unrelenting gaze to the classic texts that define the Jewish Question for German socialists. His meticulous analysis leaves little doubt in the reader that they were much more a part of the problem than a part of the solution.' Richard S. Levy, University of Illinois, Chicago

• Introduction; 1. Social democracy's stance on antisemitism and the spectre of 'philosemitism'; 2, The influence of 'Zur Judenfrage' on the Socialist movement; 3. The Socialist uses and abuses of 'Zur Judenfrage'; 4. The social democratic party congress of 1903 and the case of Hans Leuss; 5. The former antisemite Leuss on antisemitism and 'the Jewish Question'; 6. Antisemitism and 'the Jewish Question' in Dresden; 7. The evolution of Bernstein's stance on antisemitism and 'the Jewish Question'; Conclusion.