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In 1868 he published a short life of Bismarck in French, with the object of producing a better understanding of German affairs, and in 1870, owing to their intimate acquaintance with France and with finance, he and Gerson Bleichröder were summoned by Bismarck to Versailles to help in the discussion of terms of peace.
Jul 17, 2024 · Bamberger managed the Paris branch of a London bank until the amnesty of 1866 enabled him to return to Germany. By then a qualified admirer of Otto von Bismarck, Bamberger dissociated himself from all democratic groups.
Aug 22, 2024 · From holding broadly liberal views in early adulthood, he moved to an assertively ‘democratic’ political stance in the revolutionary years of 1848-9, ultimately organizing armed resistance to the forces of reaction. After many years in exile, he returned to Germany in 1866 to become a leading liberal in the political system of the Reich.
Dec 16, 2008 · Ludwig Bamberger and the Rise of Anti-Semitism in Germany, 1848–1893. Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 December 2008. Stanley Zucker. Article. Metrics. Get access. Cite. Rights & Permissions. Extract. Theodor Mommsen called him “the most German man.” The Israelit noted that he had never stepped forward as a Jew.
- Stanley Zucker
- 1970
Bamberger was one of the new monarch’s close advisers, and he shared the hope of other left-liberals that Friedrich’s reign would introduce liberal reforms and democratization. But Bismarck’s long history of dominating Wilhelm I, in combination with Bamberger’s knowledge of the new Kaiser’s terminal cancer, left him justly skeptical ...
From 1881 on, Bamberger’s response to it took three directions: to try to organize a great liberal party, a task in which he never seemed to have much faith; to defend the achievements of the 1870.s against state intervention and regulation; and to act as a critic of German society.
In the following excerpt from his diary, Ludwig Bamberger (1823–1899) describes the German Radical Party’s “odd maneuvering” to achieve this goal. Bamberger’s diary conveys the complicated personal dynamics within a hybrid party that had been founded barely a month earlier.
