Painter, C orcid.org/0000-0002-5421-6339 (2021) Revolutionary perspectives: German Jewish women and 1918–19. Journal of European Studies, 51 (2). pp. 93-110. ISSN 0047-2441
Abstract
In November 1918, revolution swept across Germany: it led to the end of the war, the abdication of the Kaiser and a new parliamentary democracy. While leading figures of the revolution, such as Ernst Toller, Rosa Luxemburg and Kurt Eisner, have been the subject of much scholarly interest, less research has been conducted into the motivations and aims of the rank and file, a group which included many women. Women played key roles as revolutionaries: by spreading the revolutionary message, working in its administration or participating in direct action on the streets. By choosing to become a revolutionary, individuals risked imprisonment or even death. For German Jewish women, who faced anti-Semitism in their daily lives, the risk was even greater. This article focuses on these forgotten female revolutionaries to uncover their roles, aims and motivations, and to contribute to a heterogeneous understanding of the revolution.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2021. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) |
Keywords: | First World War; German; Jewish; revolution; women |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Languages Cultures & Societies (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 14 Jul 2022 14:04 |
Last Modified: | 14 Jul 2022 14:04 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/00472441211010899 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:188885 |