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In March 1893, Austrian writer Hermann Bahr embarked on one of the most ambitious journalistic projects of the nineteenth century: a six-month series of interviews with public figures across Europe. This collection captures a wide range of opinions on antisemitism amid a surge of anti-Jewish sentiment in Germany and France during a time marked by militant nationalism and pseudoscientific ""race studies."" reveals the ideological, political, and social factors that contributed to the Holocaust, while uncovering the enduring mechanisms of hatred and division that continue to target minorities. Featuring extensive notes, an informative afterword, and biographies of the interviewees, this volume explores the rise of modern antisemitism and provides valuable insights into conspiracy theories that persist to this day.

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""At a time when the term ‘antisemitism’ has become ubiquitous in our daily newspapers and other media, there is a particular interest in viewing the responses to the phenomenon when it was in its early and formative stage. As a result, this work has the potential to interest a range of academic audiences, touching on antisemitism and Jewish studies, European cultural history, Central European history, and other fields. The chief interest of the volume lies in the way in which it captures a cross‐section of attitudes towards antisemitism at the very moment at which it was crystallizing as a modern political ideology."" - Andrew Bonnell, Professor of History, University of Queensland ""A substantial achievement. The documents in this book hold many revelations for specialists in each national camp, allowing comparisons within the volume that are not easily researched elsewhere. Conway does an excellent job in explaining all unfamiliar references in his endnotes without allowing himself to stray too far from the subject at hand."" - James Retallack, University Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto

""At a time when the term ‘antisemitism’ has become ubiquitous in our daily newspapers and other media, there is a particular interest in viewing the responses to the phenomenon when it was in its early and formative stage. As a result, this work has the potential to interest a range of academic audiences, touching on antisemitism and Jewish studies, European cultural history, Central European history, and other fields. The chief interest of the volume lies in the way in which it captures a cross‐section of attitudes towards antisemitism at the very moment at which it was crystallizing as a modern political ideology."" -- Andrew Bonnell, Professor of History, University of Queensland ""A substantial achievement. The documents in this book hold many revelations for specialists in each national camp, allowing comparisons within the volume that are not easily researched elsewhere. Conway does an excellent job in explaining all unfamiliar references in his endnotes without allowing himself to stray too far from the subject at hand."" -- James Retallack, University Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto

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Hermann Bahr (1863–1934) was an Austrian writer, playwright, director, and critic. James J. Conway is a Berlin-based writer and translator from German to English.

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