Republik ohne Chance?: Akzeptanz und Legitimation der Weimarer Republik in der deutschen Tagespresse zwischen 1918 und 1923

Analyzes the coverage and opinions of eight German newspapers, ranging over the whole political spectrum, during major crises of the early years of the Weimar Republic, including their attitude to antisemitism. While antisemitic hate propaganda was central to the Nazi "Völkischer Beobachter", it was not lacking in several of the other newspapers. In 1919, the (Catholic) Zentrum's "Germania" associated Jews with Bolshevism as well as with war profiteering. The "Münchner Neuesten Nachrichten" opposed immigration of Jews from Eastern Europe; the "Berliner Lokal-Anzeiger" pressed for their internment and expulsion. The last three papers, especially "Germania", later became more moderate in their references to Jews. The "Frankfurter Zeitung" condemned antisemitism. The socialist and communist organs generally avoided Jewish issues and interpreted antisemitism as a right-wing political tactic. Analyzes the part played by antisemitism in the Erzberger and Rathenau assassinations and in the food riots. See, also, the subject index under "Antisemitismus".