| Adolf Stoecker |
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| 1909 deaths | |
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A staunch anti-semite, Stocker was a believer in ''Verjudung'', the idea that German culture was being "jewified" and corrupted by the newly-emancipated Jew s. Upset with the dislocating social effects brought on by rapid Industrialization , he called for German society to rededicate itself to Christian faith and a return to Germanic rule in law and business. In 1878, Stoecker founded the Christian Social Workers' Party to rival the Social Democratic Party Of Germany . As a Christian -only organization, he used the party to attack Jew s, accusing them of dominating the press. Stoecker proposed severely limiting the Civil Rights of Jews in Germany. He engaged in outspoken political antisemitism. Stocker's party at first enjoyed little success, but gained in popularity after it adopted a more aggressive anti-semitic agenda. In 1879 , he delivered a speech entitled "''What we demand of modern Jewry''", in which he spelled out several demands of German Jews; among these were that Jews renounce their ambition to rule Germany, that the Jewish press become more tolerant towards German culture, and that Quotas be placed on the number of Jews in certain professions and universities. Stoecker died on February 2 , 1909 in Bozen Gries, Germany . |
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