JWST 240 Chapter Notes - Chapter reading: Albert Ballin, German Empire, German National People'S Party
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On november 9, 1918, albert ballin a jewish founder and chairman of the hamburg-amerika shipping line took his own life. Germany had lost wwi and the kaiser was forced to abdicate. His life and death was one of the last illustrations of the paradoxical existence of the jews of germany during the. Some had remarkable success but they were held at arm"s length and many were perceived as strangers. From the beginning of wwi, the jews of germany like other. Germans had joined the army and became officers. For prussian officers this was bitter, officer organizations turned to anti-semitic groups to find ways of putting an end to the promotions. There was a rumour started saying that jewish soldiers lacked ability and courage and accused jews in abandoning their posts on the front lines. Due to the professional structure of the jewish population, approximately 10% of the directions of war corporations were.
