The Reichsbund jüdischer Frontsoldaten (RjF; Reich Federation of Jewish Front-Line Soldiers), which was founded in 1919, aimed to counteract antisemitic propaganda after the First World War by honoring Jewish soldiers’ military contributions and self-sacrifice on behalf of the German Empire. Starting in the early 1920s the RjF organized self-protection measures against antisemitic attacks. The RjF’s proclamations were characte…
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Berger, Michael, “Reichsbund jüdischer Frontsoldaten”, in: Encyclopedia of Jewish History and Culture Online, Original German Language Edition: Enzyklopädie Jüdischer Geschichte und Kultur. Im Auftrag der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig herausgegeben von Dan Diner. © J.B. Metzler, Stuttgart/Springer-Verlag GmbH Deutschland 2011–2017. Consulted online on 10 December 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2468-8894_ejhc_COM_0728>
First published online: 2017
First print edition: 20221116
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