Handbuch der Judenfrage 1919

Handbuch der Judenfrage: Eine Zusammenstellung das wichtigsten Tatsachen zur Beurteilung der judischen Volkes - Handbook of the jewish question - a collection of the most important facts for evaluationg the jewish people by Theodor Fritsch.Printed in Hamburg,1919,softcover book.28th edition.

"Jews in Eastern Europe live solely under the rule of the Talmud and feel no connection to the country in which they like... and view their fellow citizens as impure creatures" - The book is an anti - semitic guide based on ancient beliefs that contributed to the persecution of jews in Europe. In this edition, new accusations were added against jews, linking them to their involvement in the Russian Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 and claiming jewish control over the economy in Germany,Poland and over all commercial and economic life in America.

The book by the antisemitic propagandist Theodor Fritsch in which he outlines the principles of racial theory and warns of the "Jewish danger" of world domination,trying to convince the reader that "the jews are the disaster for all" in Europe and the whole world. The cover design is intended to illustrate the message: the jewish snake encircling the globe.The book has several editions,with the author updating the antisemitic claims in each edition according to the political and global developments of the period. In this edition,the author elaborates on the part played by Jews in the Russian(Bolshevik) Revolution of 1917-1919,accusing jews of "succeeding in destroying Russian industry in one year...almost everything called a workers and soldiers council consisted of Jews...the result a year and a half of unlimited rule of Jewry over a vast empire is its destruction to the core...the western and southern provinces of Russia are full of jews who have taken complete control of the trade at the expense of the population.The jewish trader deals in everything.Today he trades in grain,tommorow in milk;the day after tommorow he moves to trading in wood or lending money at high rates...".The author further accuses jews of taking over the German economy through jewish lawyers.He claims that the jews transferred their model of takeover from Russia to Germany.And that in every field the jew serves as an intermediary and charges a high fee from both sides between whom he mediates.

The work is considered one the most dangerous and harsh antisemitic publications ever written.Fritsch , a German publisher and journalist,authored several antisemitic books that became the foundational works of the Nazi Party and influenced the shaping of German society in the ealry 20th century in the spirit of hatred of jews,leading directly to the persecution of European jews.

Complete edition,660 p.Minor spine tears,bending on cover,good overall condition.