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The Butcher's Tale

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by Helmut Walser Smith


  anti-Semitism in, 39, 40 41

  Austro-Hungarians, 38

  Bad Polzin, 66

  Baldenburg, 33, 35, 166, 169

  Bamberg, 99

  Bärenwalde, 168

  Bauer, Ferdinand, 131

  Bavaria Sancta (Rader), 109

  Bedburdyk, 114

  Behrend, Josef, 122 23

  Benedict XIV. Pope, 107, 111

  Berent, 53, 151, 247n

  Berg, Anna, 140

  Berg, Auguste Ross, 70, 75

  Berg, Johann, 211, 213

  Berlin Movement, 38

  Bern, 97

  Bernard of Clairvaux, 92, 93

  Biesenkamp, Mathilde, 128

  Bismarck, Otto von, 19, 37, 38

  Bleske, Dr., 28

  Bloch, Joseph, 117, 118

  Bloch, Marc, 17

  Bloch, Maurice, 178

  Block, Commissioner, 73, 183, 226n

  Bloos (merchant), 121, 122

  Boeckh, Erich, 144

  Boer War, 57

  Boethius, 96

  Bohemia, 124

  Borowka, Bruno, 187

  Borrmann (farmer), 212

  Bote für Stadt und Land, 129

  Boxer Rebellion, 57

  Brandenburg, 103

  Braun, Johann, 200, 226n

  arrival of, 42

  background of, 45

  Hoffmann interrogated by, 45 47, 61

  Masloff arrested by, 50

  1904 theory and, 211, 214

  Braunschweig, 100

  Bresser, Chaplain, 129

  Brixus, Judge, 130, 157

  Bromberg, 110

  Brooks, Peter, 87

  Brüggemann, Paul, 151

  Bruhn, Wilhelm, 47, 59 60, 72, 226n

  arrival of, in Konitz, 57 59

  background of, 56

  in composition of Hoffmann’s story, 66, 154,157 58

  Hoffmann’s meeting with, 60

  Hoffmann’s story published by, 60 61

  Masloff’s meeting with, 66 67

  Speisinger’s meeting with, 145

  Brünn, Moritz, 153

  Bruss, 35, 168

  bubonic plague, 101

  Bucharest, 125

  Bulgaria, 123

  Bülow, Bernhard von, 57

  Büren, 175

  Bürgerverein, 170

  Buschhoff, Adolph, 127 29, 130, 131, 133, 151

  Butler, Judith, 179

  Bütow, 35, 247n

  Bydgoszcz, 110

  Camminer, Alexander, 81, 160

  Canterbury Tales (Chaucer), 89

  Caspari, Gustav, 153

  Caspari, Meta, 145, 228n

  Catholic Center, 19

  Catholic Reformation, 109

  Catholics, see Roman Catholic Church

  Center Party, 243n, 248n

  Central Association of German Citizens of the Jewish Faith (Central Verein; CV), 32, 33

  Chaucer, Geoffrey, 89, 91

  China, 57

  Choinackinz (teacher), 81

  Chojnice, 214 17

  see also Konitz

  civil code, 20

  Clement XIII, Pope, 111

  Cohen, Hermann, 31

  Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 68

  Cologne, 103, 115

  Conklin, Beth, 96

  Conrad, Joseph, 88

  Conrad of Marburg, 95

  Copenhagen, 113

  Criminal Case about an Innocent Child, A (Zuchowski), 110

  crusades, 93

  CV (Central Association of German Citizens of the Jewish Faith), 32, 33

  Czechry, 110

  Czersk, 35, 168, 247n

  Czybulla, Onofrius, 132, 198 99

  Damascus, 115

  Daniel, E. Valentine, 172

  Danzig, 113

  Danziger Zeitung, 34, 52

  Darnton, Robert, 67

  Deditius, Georg, 80, 183, 184

  anti-Semitism condemned by, 29, 181

  in election of 1903, 182, 243n

  Ernst Winter’s handkerchief and, 196 97

  threats against, 49, 51

  Deggendorf, 99, 108, 175

  “Deggendorfer Song, The,” 108

  Desportes, Henri, 118

  Deutsche Volksblatt, 125

  Dichtung und Wahrheit (Poetry and Truth) (Goethe), 106

  Disraeli, Benjamin, 119

  Doehring (barber), 29

  Dominicans, 93

  Dominika (prostitute), 190

  Dormagen, 112, 113, 132

  Dortmund, 101, 130

  Douglas, Mary, 161

  Doyle, Arthur Conan, 157

  Dresden, 100

  Dreyfus, Alfred, 39

  Dreyfus affair, 21, 39

  Du Bois, W. E. B., 20

  Dühring, Julius, 151

  Durkheim, Emile, 165, 167

  Düsseldorf, 114

  education, 20

  Efes Damim (No Blood) (Levinsohn), 116

  Ehrlich, Paul, 31

  Einsatzgruppen, 18, 216

  Eisenstädt, Josef, 81

  Einstein, Albert, 31, 55

  Eisenmenger, Johann Andreas, 105 6, 111, 117

  Eisenstädt, Josef, 151

  Elberfelder Zeitung, 114

  elections, German:

  of 1890, 38

  of 1893, 38

  of 1898, 39

  of 1900, 243n

  of 1903, 182, 248n

  Elisavetgrad, 119, 120, 173

  Elizabeth of Thüringen, 95

  Endingen, 108

  Endinger Judenspiel, The, 109

  England, see Great Britain

  Enniger, 115

  Esterhazy, Walsin, 39

  Eucharist:

  host desecration and, 95, 97, 98, 100, 103, 108, 132, 172

  transubstantiation and, 95 96, 103

  Eulenburg, Albert, 157

  Fabian, City Councillor, 153

  Feltre, Giovanni da, 132

  Fettmilch uprising (1614), 112

  Fiedler, Friedrich, 30, 150 51, 152, 155, 158. 159

  fire, meaning of, 175

  First Crusade, 93

  Fischer (cigar dealer), 139, 190

  Fixer, The (Malamud), 25

  Fleischer. Isidor, 62

  Forchheim, 99

  Fourth Lateran Council (1215), 93, 95, 172

  France:

  anti-Semitism in, 21, 39–40, 98, 100

  ritual-murder charges in, 123

  Frank, Friedrich, 116 17

  Frankfurt am Main, 113

  Frankowski (tailor’s helper), 64

  Frederick II, Holy Roman emperor, 94

  Frederick William III, king of Prussia, 42

  Freitag, Elise, 44

  Friedländer, Heinrich, 86, 142 43, 147

  Konitz left by, 183

  Fulda, 93 94, 95, 97, 98

  Galileo Galilei, 104

  Ganganelli, Cardinal, 111

  Gast, Johann, 193 96

  Gates, Henry Louis, 84

  Gay, Peter. 19

  Gazetta Grudzionska, 168

  Gebauer, Carl, 67, 137, 170, 181

  Genette, Gerard, 55, 74

  Georg, Gustav, 199

  German Anti-Semitic League, 122

  German Conservative Party, 243n

  German states:

  anti-Semitic violence in, 99 100, 112, 113 14, 118 19, 131 32

  ritual-murder charges in, 93 95, 97 118

  Germany:

  Austro-Hungarians in, 38

  democracy in. 19 20

  elections, see elections, German

  Jewish rights in, 20, 31, 42 43, 113

  justice system of, 76

  Kashubians in, 58

  literacy in, 114 15

  migration from, 58

  navy of. 57

  Poles m, 38, 58, 59, 168, 248n

  Russians in, 38

  Germany, Nazi, 162, 165 66, 167, 215

  Geyer, Michael, 162

  Gierath, 131

  Glogau, 173

  Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. 106 />
  Goldhagen, Daniel J., 21, 22

  Gottfried of Ensmingen, 99

  Graetz, Heinrich, 100

  Grass, Günter, 58

  Great Britain:

  anti-Semitism in, 92 93

  navy of. 57

  Grevenbroich, 131

  Gross, Jan T., 166

  Grossmann, Max, 86, 141

  Guarinoni, Hippolytus, 107

  Haigerloch, 100

  Hakohen, Mose b. Eleasar, 118

  Halle, 100

  Hamburg, 113

  Hamburger (butcher), 201

  Hammer, Eduard, 41, 42

  Hammerstein, 33, 35, 53, 166, 168, 247n

  Havlin. Marie, 124

  Heart of Darkness (Conrad), 88

  Hegel, G.W.F., 96

  Helbling, Seifried, 91

  Hellwig, Franz, 139, 148

  Helhwig, “Stutter” Anton. 81, 83, 133, 160

  Heloise, 93

  Hemmerden, 131

  Hep-Hep riots (1819), 113, 119

  Hermann, Mrs. (widow). 126

  Hermann, Rudolf, 59, 197

  Hesse. Captain, 49

  Heymann, Jacob, 183

  Heymann (cantor), 29

  Heyn, Max, 30, 59, 159, 209

  Hilsner, Leopold, 40–41

  Hitler’s Willing Executioners (Goldhagen), 21

  Hoffmann. Anna, 49, 149

  Braun’s interrogation of, 45 46, 61

  Ernst Winter’s alleged relationship with, 45 46, 49, 62, 145, 202 3, 205

  in Gustav Hoffmann’s story, 61, 62

  in Lautz’s theory, 204

  Hoffmann, Eva, 23

  Hoffmann, Gustav, 50. 60, 133, 145, 212, 214

  accusations of, 60 68.153 54,157 58,202

  alibi of, 46, 62, 202, 203

  background of, 61

  Braun’s interrogation of, 45 47, 61

  Bruhn’s meeting with, 60

  on day of murder, 62

  declaration of honor awarded to, 181

  handkerchief and, 196

  house of, 16, 139

  Lautz’s focus on, 203 5

  pamphlet version of story of, 66

  renewed focus on, 202

  riots and, 176

  Schiller’s visit with, 83

  slander suits brought by, 183

  Staatsbürgerzeitung story of, 60 68

  summons of, 47, 66, 69, 72, 74 75, 141, 155, 158, 198

  in town stories, 87 88

  Hoffmann (Lehmann), Martha, 47, 146, 147, 149, 183, 184

  Hofrichter, Albert, 28, 36, 73, 76, 182, 183

  Hollfeld, 99

  Holy Roman Empire, 95, 100, 104

  homosexuality, 189 90

  Horb, 100

  Horn, Baron Karl von, 25

  Horowitz, Rabbi, 130

  host desecration, 95, 97, 98, 100, 103, 108, 132

  Holy Week violence and, 172

  play about, 108

  Howe, Irving, 119

  Hruza, Agnes, 40

  Hsia, R. Po-Chia, 102

  Hülchrath, 113

  Hungary, 110

  ritual-murder charges in, 120 21, 125

  Ibsen, Henrik, 21

  Innocent IV, Pope, 94

  Inquisition, 93, 102

  Iphofen, 98

  Israelski, Alma, 151

  Israelski, Wolf, 40, 87, 132

  accusations against, 30 31, 65, 150, 155, 158, 159, 161

  Konitz left by, 183

  trial of, 151 52

  Italy, 101

  “J’accuse” (Zola), 39

  Jack the Ripper, 126–27

  Janowitz, 53

  Jansen, Christian, 215

  Jastrow, 169

  Jaurès, Jean, 40

  Jedwabne, 165 66

  Jew and Human Sacrifice, The (Strack), 116

  Jewish Curiosities (Schudt), 106

  Jews:

  assimilation of, 32–33

  conversion of, 32

  emigration of, 101, 120

  expulsions of, 103, 109

  German patriotism of, 31 32

  immigration of, 38

  intermarriage and, 32, 84, 223n

  migrations of, 42, 43, 44, 103

  paternal names of, 43

  population distribution of, 32

  Reform vs. Orthodox, 33

  rights of, 20, 31,42 43, 113

  after World War I, 215

  see also anti-Semitism, anti-Semites

  John of Salisbury, 93

  Josefsohn, Hermann, 121, 122

  Josephus, Flavius, 230n

  Judaism Discovered (Eisenmenger), 117

  Judenstein, 107, 233n

  Junkermann, Carl, 129

  Junkermann, Heinrich, 127, 128, 129

  Junkers, 57 58

  Kamin (Kamien Pomorski), 53, 141, 215

  Kammerov, Wilhelmine, 191 92

  Kant, Immanuel, 19

  Karschin, 168

  Kashubians, 58, 59, 168

  Kellermann, Rabbi, 36, 153, 177, 183

  Keszler family, 125

  Kitchener, Lord, 57

  Klein Konitz, 213

  Klotz, Julius, 170

  Knievel, Theodor, 51

  Kolin, 124

  Konitz, 208, 247n

  anti-Semitic accusations in, 77 86, 135 63

  classes in, 137

  community in, 136

  countryside of, 58–59

  critics of anti-Semitism in, 181 82

  description of, 137 39

  economic conditions in, 137, 239n

  Ernst Winter monument in, 209

  after investigation, 214 17

  Jewish-Christian divide in, 182–83

  Jewish community of, 43 44

  Jewish exodus from, 183

  Masons in, 170

  postcards about, 209 10

  taverns in, 60

  “unofficial” citizens committee in, 36, 47, 50, 59, 76, 198

  see also specific citizens

  Konitzer Anzeiger, 182

  Konitzer Tageblatt, 47, 73

  Konitzer Zeitung, 181

  Konitz riots (1881), 169, 71

  Konitz riots (1900), 33–35, 48–53, 71, 155, 166

  arrests and prosecutions after, 180 81

  beginning of, 29

  force of words in, 178–79

  four stages of, 174

  Holy Week and, 172 73

  lynching and, 49, 175, 176

  meaning of, 171 80

  Nazi violence and, 18 19

  as performance, 165 84, 205

  Protestants and Catholics in, 168, 174

  slogans in, 171

  social composition of participants in, 168, 174

  state power and, 173

  Konitz synagogue:

  alleged vaults in, 79 80, 147

  construction of, 43

  threatened during riots, 50, 52, 175

  Konrad (schoolboy), 98

  Konstanz, 100, 103

  Korneuburg, 99, 108

  Kosch, Raphael, 31

  Kowalewska, Katharina, 122

  Kracht, Inspector von, 200 201

  Krajetski, Josef, 53

  Krems, 97

  Kristallnacht, 18

  Krojanke (Krojanty), 215

  Kuby, Karl. 72

  Kühn (police sergeant), 143 44

  Kühn, Paul, 48, 59, 226n

  Kulturkampf, 37

  Kuniszewski family, 126

  Labischin, 126

  Lange, Hermann, 25, 137, 211

  Langmuir, Gavin, 92

  Lasker-Schüler, Else, 31

  Laskowski. Joseph, 133, 143 44, 153, 155, 158, 178

  Lateran Council, Fourth (1215), 93, 95, 172

  Lauda, 98

  Lautz, District Attorney, 202 3

  Lazare, Bernard, 39

  Lehmann, Julius, 47

  Lehmann, Martha Hoffmann, 47, 146, 147, 149 183,184

  Lenin, V. I. 96 97

  Levi, Primo. 17

  Levinsohn, Isaac Baer, 116

  Lewinski, Hermann, 139, 20
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  Lewy, Adolph. 30, 47, 54, 133, 141, 143 44, 158. 178, 179,212

  background and description of, 42, 152 53

  civil suit against, 184

  on day of murder, 44

  in Hoffmann’s story, 63, 64, 65, 67, 153 54, 202

  house of. 16, 134, 139, 216

  Konitz left by. 183

  Kracht’s focus on, 200–201

  lynch threat against, 49

  Masloff’s accusations against, 68 69, 74

  Moritz Lewy’s release and, 210

  perjury trial and, 75

  on postcards, 209, 210

  riots and, 48, 49. 50, 52, 53, 176

  in town stories, 82, 85, 87, 88

  Lewy, Helene, 70

  Lewy, Hugo, 44, 143 44, 153

  Lewy. Moritz, 44

  Ernst Winter’s alleged association with, 139–40, 143, 144 49, 156,201

  in Hoffmann’s story, 63, 65

  Masloff’s accusation against, 69

  pardon of, 210

  perjury trial of, 146 49, 156

  on postcard, 210

  prison sentence of, 149, 180

  synagogue attendance of, 153

  Lewy, Pauline (Adolph’s sister), 151

  Lewy, Pauline (Adolph’s wife), 70 71, 87, 144, 153

  Liebermann, Max, 31

  Lienz, 108

  Life and Passion of Saint William the Martyr of Norwich, The (Thomas of Monmouth), 91 92

  Lincha, Maria, 124

  Lithuania, 101

  Liutostanskii, Ippolit, 117

  Lobositz, 124

  London, 105

  Longear, Albert, 62

  Lubke, Anna, 147

  Lubke, Christian, 79, 147

  Luther, Martin, 103

  lynching, 49, 175, 176

  Macfarlane, Alan, 135, 161

  Mach, Albrecht, 33

  Mährish-Trübau, 124

  Mainz, 97, 100, 103

  Malamud, Bernard, 25

  Malleus Maleficarum, 102

  Mankowski (worker), 121

  Mannheim, Karl, 123

  Marr, William, 37

  Masaryk, Thomas, 41, 56

  Maschke (gardener), 29

  Masloff, Bernhard, 47, 66, 133, 137, 158, 198, 211

  accusations of, 68 75, 155, 158, 201

  arrest of, 50

  background of, 71

  1904 theory and, 211 14

  perjury trial of, 75 77, 170

  Masloff, Martha Ross, 70 71, 72, 74, 75, 77, 140

  1904 theory and, 211, 213, 214

  Masons, 170, 197

  matzo, in anti-Semitic stories, 18, 78, 98, 129

  Mayakovski, Vladimir, 97, 136

  Meibauer, Max, 28, 36, 59, 73, 76, 226n

  Meilla, 94

  Memmingen, 100

  Meßkirch, 100

  Meyer, Jenny, 79, 161

  Meyer, Matthäus, 66, 78, 139, 158, 159, 160 61

  business lost by, 160

  Meyer, Maximillian, 76, 170

  Meyerhoff, Barbara, 68

  Michnow, 110

  Milosz, Czeslaw, 184

  Misiekowski, Clemens, 62

  Möckmühl, 98

  Mölders, Hermann, 127 28, 130

  Moller, Moritz, 124

  Moritz, Anna, 128

  Morrison, Toni, 89, 165, 179

  Mrotschen, 35, 53

  Muir, Edward, 132

  Müller, Arthur, 28, 59

  Müller, Gustav, 170, 187 88

 

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