Overview
- Summary
- In the wake of the emancipation, Jews were obliged to choose a family name. Studies the role of characteristic Jewish names in popular antisemitism. Such names were often satirically used to identify Jews. Focuses on the example of the Berlin police chief Bernhard Weiss, who was called "Isidor" by his antisemitic opponents. Many Jews in Germany in the 19th-20th centuries applied to the authorities for permission to change their names, claiming that these were an obstacle to their career, but generally their petitions were rejected. Antisemites preferred Jews to have characteristic names for easier identification and, from 1903 on, even converted Jews were not allowed to change their names. (From the Bibliography of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism).
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Stuttgart : Klett-Cotta, [1987]
©1987 - Locale
- Germany
Allemagne
Deutschland
Juden - Notes
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Includes indexes.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 509-536).
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- ISBN
- 3608914501
9783608914504 - Additional Form
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Also issued online.
- Physical Description
- 567 pages ; 22 cm
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects
- Names, Personal--Jewish--Germany. Antisemitism--Germany--History. Germany--Ethnic relations. Noms de personnes juifs--Allemagne. Antisémitisme--Allemagne--Histoire. Antisemitism. Ethnic relations. Names, Personal--Jewish. Germany. Namensänderung. Antisemitismus. Deutschland. Juden. History.
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