Getrennt streiten – getrennt leben? Der doppelte streit um Heinrich von Treitschkes Antisemitismus unter gebildeten Bürgern (1879-1881) [Separate quarrels – separate lives? The dual controversy about Heinrich von Treitschke’s anti-semitism in the educated bürgertum (1879-1881)]

The essay tries to reconsider the controversies that the Berlin historian Heinrich von Treitschke inaugurated in 1879 when he attacked German Jews and embraced the anti-Semitic movement. A detailed analysis of the structure of the following two distinct debates will demonstrate that Treitschke first had to argue with educated Jews. Only after a break of half a year a new controversy erupted, this time among educated Protestants. The essay tries to show that with these debates a fundamental disposition for anti-Semitism was established which called the relations of educated Jews and Protestants into question.