Emil J. Gumbel : : Weimar German pacifist and professor /

Emil J. Gumbel : : Weimar German pacifist and professor / / Arthur D. Brenner.

Emil J. Gumbel (1891-1966) began his career simply as a professor of mathematical statistics in Heidelberg, but he is most remembered as a political activist militantly advocating for pacifism during the complicated and volatile times of the Weimar Republic in Germany. As a Jew with left-wing social...

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Superior document:Studies in Central European Histories ; 22
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Brenner, Arthur David,
Place / Publishing House:Boston, Massachusetts : : Humanities Press,, [2001]
©2001
Year of Publication:2001
Language:English
Series:Studies in Central European Histories ; 22.
Physical Description:1 online resource (252 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Introduction: A One-Man Party
  • 1. Family, Childhood, and Education
  • 2. From Internationalist to Militant Pacifist, 1914 to 1924
  • 3. Socialist and Democrat
  • 4. Chronicling Political Violence and Politicized Justice
  • 5. The Gumbel Affair in Heidelberg, Part I: 1924 to 1929
  • 6. The Gumbel Affair in Heidelberg, Part II: 1930 to 1932
  • 7. Anti-Fascist
  • 8. Science and Scholarship
  • Epilogue
  • Appendices
  • A. Gumbel on Political Murder: Sample Case Accounts
  • B. University Governance and University of Heidelberg, Rectors and Deans
  • C. Gumbel's "Minimal Program for the German Popular Front"
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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