Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Some general notes -- Archival sources and abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Before the rise of the antisemites -- 2 Antisemites begin to organise, 1873-89 -- 3 To the brink of power, 1889-95 -- 4 A Christian, socially engaged movement? 1896-1914 -- 5 A German movement? 1896-1914 -- 6 War and the end of empire, 1914-18 -- 7 An unloved republic? 1919-26 -- 8 The right asserts itself, 1927-33 -- 9 Building a Christian and German Austria? 1934-8 -- 10 An end to Austria? -- 11 Principal conclusions and further questions -- Appendix: Elections in Vienna, 1932 -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary
This book presents a radical reconsideration of the role of key players in developing an organised, politically oriented antisemitism in Vienna in the decades leading to the 1938 Anschluss. It pays particular attention to the clergy and how their antisemitism fitted the worldview of an authoritarian, hierarchical society
