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“On the Road With Ballin.” Hamburg 1904
https://dx.doi.org/10.23691/jgo:source-81.en.v1
Julius Kaliski
Institute for the History of the German Jews
Online Ressource
On December 10, 1904, the police inspector in charge of HAPAG’s
emigration halls at the port of Hamburg, Wenzel Kilian Kiliszewski,
noticed a man calling himself “Jossl Kalischer.” Claiming to be a
Jewish migrant from the Russian empire, he turned out to be Julius
Kaliski, editor of the Social Democrat’s daily newspaper Vorwärts.
Although his disguise aroused suspicion, Kiliszewski was unable to
prove Kaliski had broken any laws, and he left the emigration halls a
free man. Two days later, on December 12, 1904, Kiliszewski informed
HAPAG’s management about the incident. A reply issued the same day
read: “Our general director was of the opinion that it would be best
not to pay too much attention to the matter...” HAPAG, Abt.
Personenverkehr an Kiliszewski, 12. Dezember 1904, in: „Der
Redakteur des Vorwärts, Julius Kaliski“, Polizeibehörde Hamburg,
Abt. IV, Politische Polizei, II E III P 45, Auswanderungsamt, 373-I,
Staatsarchiv Hamburg. Vorwärts announced the publication of
Kaliski’s articles on the morning of the same day. Between December
20, 1904 and January 10, 1905, six articles titled “On the Road with
Ballin” describing Kaliski’s journey from the Prussian border near
Tilsit in East Prussia to Hamburg were printed. In order to experience
the treatment of eastern European migrants during their passage
through Germany on their way to the USA, Kaliski disguised himself as
a Jewish migrant of modest means. His articles document the various
stations of his journey from the Prussian-Russian border to HAPAG’s
emigration halls at the port of Hamburg.
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