Table Of ContentDECEPTIONS
OF
ANTI-SEMITISM
BY
RABBI SHLOMO GLIKSMAN
Formerly :
Principal of Seminary for Jewish History,
Bible and Talmud in Danzig;
Official Consultant for Danzig, Polish and
Palestinian Economics and Law in
Free City of Danzig, but Limited to
)ews and Poles. Not permitted German
clients of "pure Aryan blood."
Published by the Author
Detroit, Michigan October 1948
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface by Sponsors Page 3
Foreword by Author Page 5
Part I — Forgeries, Etc Page 9
Introduction to Part I Page 11
Who Was Eisenmenger? Page 13
Anti-Semitism Page 20
Jew Hatred in Antiquity Page 23
Classical Anti-Semitism Page 23
Jew Hatred in Middle Ages and
in Modern Times Page 27
Emancipation of the Jews .... Page 30
Anti-Semitism in the 20th Century . . Page 31
What is the Old Testament? Page 35
What is The Talmud? .... Page 36
Forgeries and Falsifications of the
Anti-Semitic Literature Page 40
Kol Nidre Page 49
Opinions of Famous Men on Anti-Semitism Page 67
Bibliography Page 69
Part II — My Lawsuit against
Julius-Streicher Page 71
Part III "The Jew in a New World" . Page 81
Nationalism Page 83
Citizenship Page 85
Assimilation Page 88
Punishment Page 89
Legal Relationship between Nations . . Page 90
Security Page 93
Correspondence with Foreign Embassies . Page 101
September 1, 1948
PREFACE
The author of this book has established
for himself a reputation of scholarship and
service to Jewish causes, both in Germany
and in our country. This most monumental
evidence of his zeal is exemplified in this
book. In it Rabbi Gliksman presents the
theory of the classic anti-semitism and
forgeries designed to besmear Jews, Juda
ism, and their sacred literature. In this book
is also presented the author's lawsuit against
Julius Streicher, as well as documentary
evidence of historic significance, articles on
nationalism - citizenship - assimilation.
The undersigned joined in sponsoring the
publication of another edition of these valu
able scholarly efforts which will be a con
tribution to the total documentary literature
of our tragic times.
Forgeries and falsifications befog the
atmosphere and prevent the establishment
of wholesome intergroup relations. They
should therefore always be countered by a
wide dissemination of the truth.
Rabbi Joshua Sperka Rabbi Max A. Lipsbitz
Congregation B'Nai David Congregation Agudas Achim
Detroit, Michigan Madison, Wisconsin
Rabbi Morris Adler David Naimark, Editor
Congregation Shaarey Zedek Detroit Jewish Daily Forward
Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan
Rabbi Leizer Levin Rabbi Harry J. Peiman
Congregation Beth Tikvah Congregation Bnai Israel
Detroit, Michigan Saginaw, Michigan
Dr. Leopold Neuhaus, Rabbi
Congregation Gmiluth Chasodim, Detroit, Michigan
Abe Nusbaum Arthur Hudson
Morris Mohr David Silver
Morris M. Goldberg Joseph Borys
Soberman Harry Sosnick
Jaiacorrby Stolsky Morris Fisher
David Finkelstein Judah Lachar
Solomon Braitstain Elimelech Lipsbitz
TO THE READER
I think you will find much in this book
to provoke your interest, many ideas worthy
of your earnest consideration. A few years
ago I published two books on anti-Semitism
and other Jewish problems. These were so
well received that my good friends have
persuaded me to combine excerpts from
these, believing that a reprint is justified by
the facts presented and the bibliographical
sources.
Part I, "The Forgeries and Falsifications
in the Anti-Semitic Literature," was first
printed in the German language in 1934 in
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Danzig, to which city had fled from Berlin
a year previously. Needless to say, the book
was banned in Germany by Dr. Joseph Goe-
bels, Minister of Propaganda, but jt circu
lated freely in Switzerland, Czechoslovakia,
Austria, etc. In fact, many thousands of
copies were bought by members of the
National Socialist Party in Danzig, and also
in Germany before the sale of the book was
prohibited. Heartened by this fact and being
of the naive belief that in the Free City of
Danzig I was entitled to freedom of
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expression, instituted legal proceedings
against Julius Streicher as publisher of the
"Sturmer," because of the malicious decep
tions in this organ and its abundance of
alleged "citations" from Talmudic literature
which were obvious forgeries.
However, my lawsuit against Julius
Streicher shattered any illusion regarding
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the political status of Danzig as a Free City.
The opinion of the Danzig Attorney General
clearly rested on the perversion of a legal
statute. An appeal from the decision was
legally not possible because I personally
was not directly injured by the acts of the
"Sturmer."
About the significance of this book the
well-known Senator and Professor Moses
Schor, of Warsaw (who later died in Si
beria) thus expressed himself to me in a
letter of October 25, 1934:
"You have succeeded in bringing to
gether in a few words, the most essen
tial statements and facts that can be
pitted against the Antisem.itic catch
words and party slogans. You have
fulfilled, in a most satisfactory manner,
the dictum 'Know what answer to give
to the unbeliever.' Your treatise, I am
certain, will not miss its mark."
Although my suit was unsuccessful,
the democratic press all over the world
showed up Streicher and his co-workers in
their true light, and in 1938, when the Nazi
Gestapo in Danzig became more open in
their reign of terrorism, my name was one
of the first on the black list. I learned of
this in time and hurriedly left for America.
Had I stayed there, I would have perished
with the other 10,000 Jews exterminated in
Danzig by the Nazis. Danzig, of course, is
now called Gdansk and belongs to Poland.
At the present time there may be possibly
