Jews and the Constitution of the Weimar Republic

Prof Peter Pulzer (All Souls College, Oxford)

Prof Raphael Gross (Director, Leo Baeck Institute and Jewish Museum
Frankfurt) and Dr Daniel Wildmann (Deputy Director, Leo Baeck Institute)
have pleasure in inviting you to our forthcoming lecture:

Prof Peter Pulzer (All Souls College, Oxford)
Jews and the Constitution of the Weimar Republic
Wiener Library, Thursday, 28 January 2010, 7pm

Professor Pulzer asks what lay behind the often-repeated denunciation of the
Weimar Republic as a 'Jewish Republic ('Judenrepublik'). He will discuss the
association of Germany's Jews with ideas of liberalism and democracy and
above all the role of Jewish constitutional lawyers in elaborating and
defending the constitution of Germany's first experiment with democracy,
with special reference to Hugo Preuss, Hermann Heller and Hans Kelsen.

Until his retirement Peter Pulzer was Gladstone Professor of Government at
the University of Oxford and Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. His
publications include The Rise of Political Anti-Semitism in Germany and
Austria, Jews and the German State: The Political History of a Minority and
Germany 1870-1945: Politics, State-Building and War. He is Chair of the Leo
Baeck Institute, London and Vice-president of the International Association
for the Study of German Politics.

Admission to this lecture is free but places are limited and must be
reserved in advance by contacting the Leo Baeck Institute: email
info@leobaeck.co.uk or phone 020 7580 3493. Lectures begin promptly at 7pm.
Latecomers may not be admitted.

Venue: The Wiener Library, 4 Devonshire Street, London W1W 5BH.
Underground: Regents Park, Great Portland Street. Bus: C2, 18, 27, 30, 88,
435.
Organised by the LBI London and the Jewish Museum Frankfurt/Main in
cooperation with Queen Mary, University of London.

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