Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-295) and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- The making of an American Jewish leader : Untermyer's education and career as a Wall Street lawyer, 1858-1940 -- Mr. Untermyer goes to Washington : the Wall Street poacher turned Bryanite gamekeeper, 1897-14 -- Untermyer's quest for national public recognition, 1914-40 -- Untermyer as a Zionist leader in the 1920s : to be or not to be? -- Untermyer's finest hour : the boycott of Nazi Germany in the 1930s -- Conclusion -- Epilogue.
Summary:
"In the era of the appeasement of the dictators, Samuel Untermyer stands out as a champion of the human rights of not just German Jewry, but of other persecuted communities in Germany such as trade unionists, Roman Catholics and Freemasons. This is the first full biography of Untermyer, a prominent Wall Street lawyer who founded the principles on which Jewish democratic politics still stands today. The first to oppose Hitler, he organised the anti-Nazi league in the early 1930s, and proposed a unique global socialist/capitalist worldview which still informs American politics today"-- Provided by publisher.
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