Summary
The 1916 German military survey that collected data to support narratives of Jewish draft dodging, whose statistical methodology and antisemitic tendencies Franz Oppenheimer heavily criticised with all his scientific authority (Zionism and Cosmopolitanism: Franz Oppenheimer and the Dream of a Jewish Future in Germany and Palestine, PDF p.68).
Details
- The survey’s findings were never officially published but found their way as antisemitic accusations into public discourse and unofficial publications; Oppenheimer’s rebuttal appeared as Die Judenstatistik des preußischen Kriegsministeriums (1922) (PDF p.68).
Related pages
Zionism and Cosmopolitanism: Franz Oppenheimer and the Dream of a Jewish Future in Germany and Palestine, Franz Oppenheimer, Antisemitism