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Documents - Government and Administration: Emancipation of the Jews
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1.   Report by the Prussian District Government in Koblenz on the Jewish Population (1820)
The report by the Prussian district government in Koblenz from January 25, 1820, establishes normative criteria for the granting of equal citizenship rights, including adherence to a particular faith,....
2.   Memorandum from the Ministry of State of the Duchy of Nassau (1822)
In 1822, the Duchy of Nassau issued the following memorandum on the subject of residence and marriage rights for the Jewish population. Though describing in some detail the distinctiveness of Jews....
3.   H.E.G. Paulus Opposes the Emancipation of the Jews in Baden (1831)
In the following excerpts, Heidelberg professor and theologian H.E.G. Paulus (1761-1851) speaks out against the emancipation of the Jews in Baden. According to Paulus, on account of their religious....
4.   Excerpts from the Pamphlet by Gabriel Riesser proposing the Emancipation of the Jews (1831)
In his published response to Paulus, Defense of the Civil Equality of the Jews with Respect to the Proposals of Mr. H.E.G. Paulus (1831), ....
5.   Debate in the Parliament of the Duchy of Nassau on a Motion for the Complete Emancipation of the Jews in the Duchy (1846)
In May 1846, the parliament of the Duchy of Nassau discussed a motion to grant equal civic rights to the Jewish population. Comparable to deliberations in other German states during the revolution....
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