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Ludolf Holst, On the Relationship of the Jews to the Christians in Commercial Towns, Leipzig 1818
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Ludolf Holst
Institute for the History of the German Jews
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Since 1799 Ludolf Holst (1756–1825) had gained a reputation in
Hamburg as an economic expert. Having studied theology and law, he
worked as a private tutor and was married to women’s rights advocate
Amalia Holst. Since 1799 he devoted himself to economic issues
relevant to Hamburg, a topic on which he published several treatises
after the end of French rule. His treatise “Über das Verhältnis
der Juden zu den Christen in den Handelsstädten” [“On the
Relationship of the Jews to the Christians in Commercial Towns”]
(Leipzig 1818), published anonymously, represented a hallmark of early
19th century anti-Jewish argumentation. His second publication,
“Judenthum in allen dessen Theilen aus einem
staatswissenschaftlichen Standpuncte betrachtet“ [“Jewry in All
Its Parts Considered from a Political Economics Perspective”] (Mainz
1821), was published shortly after the outbreak of the “Hep-Hep”
riots, which occurred in several cities including Hamburg. Holst’s
criticism was primarily based on the Jews’ economic activities. A
century later, both of his publications were used as sources by Werner
Sombart. In his well-known book “Die Juden in der Wirtschaft”
[“The Jews in the Economy”] (Leipzig 1911), Sombart explicitly
referred to “the well informed writer” Holst when integrating him
into his hypothesis on the Jews’ role in capitalism.
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