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Association of German Catholics, Founding Manifesto (July 8, 1872)
The anti-church legislation passed by the German national and state governments led to the further politicization of Catholics and their organization in various associations. Though stressing patriotic....
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| 132. |
August Bebel Criticizes the Franco-Prussian War and the Annexation of Alsace-Lorraine in a Speech before the North German Reichstag (November 26, 1870)
The Social Democrats, who were pacifists on principle and opponents of the annexation of foreign territory, rejected Bismarck's plans to incorporate Alsace-Lorraine during the Franco-Prussian War....
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| 133. |
Eduard Stephani to Rudolf von Bennigsen on the National Liberals' Motives for Supporting Bismarck (July 14, 1878)
After two assassination attempts were made on Kaiser Wilhelm I in May and June....
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| 134. |
Conservative Leader Otto von Helldorff-Bedra Defends Bismarck’s Anti-Socialist Legislation (September 16, 1878)
In contrast to the National Liberals, who voiced reservations to Bismarck's Anti-Socialist Law,....
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| 136. |
A Working-Class Youth in the Harz Region on the Expiry of the Anti-Socialist Law (September 30, 1890)
After twelve years of repression by the authorities, the expiry of the Anti-Socialist Law....
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| 137. |
Ludwig Bamberger on the Extension of the Anti-Socialist Law (1884)
In April and May 1884, fear of a Reichstag dissolution threw German left liberals into the grotesque situation of opposing the extension of the Anti-Socialist....
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| 138. |
Theodor Barth on the Need for Left-Liberal Opposition to Bismarck (June 26, 1886)
By the mid-1880s many German liberals felt betrayed by Bismarck's autocratic policies. They criticized the chancellor for riding “state-supporting” parties like post-horses, driving each one to exhaustion....
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Imperial and Free Conservative Party, Founding Manifesto (October 27, 1867)
Although dissension was evident in conservative ranks as early as July 1866, after the North German Confederation was established in 1867 a small group split from the main body of Conservatives to....
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| 140. |
German Conservative Party, Founding Manifesto (June 7/July 12, 1876)
After several years of liberal political dominance in the German Empire, debilitating internal wrangles, and alienation from Bismarck, German Conservatives realized in the mid-1870s that they had....
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