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| Format | Book Whole |
|---|---|
| Author, Monographic | Wernich, W. [Waldemar] |
| Title, Monographic | Moderne Oekonomen. Erzaehlung vom Lande |
| Place of Publication | Milwaukee |
| Publisher | Verlag des "Landwirth" |
| Date of Publication | 1892 |
| Extent of Work | 175 pages |
| Abstract | In this antisemitic novel the main character loses his land to a Jew, requiring him to immigrate to America. |
| Notes | On title page: Verfasser von "Der Baum" und "Unsere Hausthiere in gesundem und krankem Zustande"; MKI has photocopy only, donated by Matthew Lange (Jan. 2004); Der Landwirth was a German agricultural and horticultural journal published in Milwaukee (also called Acker- und Gartenbau Zeitung). Wernich, Waldemar, W., 1850-1898. |
| MKI Annotation | "A conservative Yiddish weekly, Yidishe gazetn (Jewish Gazette) termed the German Americans who welcomed [Hermann] Ahlwardt as 'the Milwaukee donkeys,' since it was a Milwaukee antisemite, Waldemar Wernich, who was one of those who invited Ahlwardt to America." Ribak, Gil. "'Cleanliness Like That of the Germans': Eastern European Jews' Views of Germans and the Dynamics of Migration and Disillusionment." In Wandering Jews: Global Jewish Migration, ed. by Steven J. Gold. Purdue University Press, 2020. |
| Call Number | MKI P2004-2 |
| MKI Terms | PIA/ Antisemitism/ Farming/ Fiction, historical/ Jews, German |