Ludwig Haas : a German Jew and fighter for democracy / Ewald Grothe, Aubrey Pomerance, Andreas Schulz (editors, Germany) ; Rob Laking (editor, New Zealand) ; Aubrey Pomerance, Jens Weinhold-Fumoleau, Torsten Riotte, Jürgen Frölich, Michael Braun, Volker Stalmann, Andreas Schulz, Ewald Grothe, Anthony Haas, Heidi Gembicki-Achtnich (with Martin Achtnich), Barbara Wollbring, Rob Laking, Martin Schumacher, James N. Bade (authors) ; Ortrun Wrana, Barbro Harris, George Troup, John Larkindale, Eduard Goldberg (translators).
Edition:
New Zealand English language edition with additional text.
Translators' Preface -- Foreword -- A timeline: Germany and Ludwig Haas -- Political Beginnings: "Right over Might" : The fraternity student Ludwig Haas / Aubrey Pomerance -- Democratic Politics at the end of the German empire : Ludwig Haas in Karlsruhe (1901-1914) / Jens Weinhold-Fumoleau -- At the Bern Conference of 1913 : Ludwig Haas, Social Democracy and German-French relations / Torsten Riotte -- Ludwig Haas as a Member of the Imperial Reichstag 1912-1918 / Jürgen Frölich -- Republican and Democrat: Ludwig Haas as a pioneer of the Free State of Baden 1918/19 / Michael Braun -- Ludwig Haas as Member of the National Assembly and the Reichstag in the Weimar Republic (1919-1930) / Volker Stalmann -- At home among strangers -- Ludwig Haas and Anti-Semitism / Andreas Schulz -- Left-liberalism in the Weimar Republic. A sketch. / Ewald Grothe -- The Haas Family: The Legacy of Ludwig Haas / Anthony Haas -- Ludwig Haas and his family-biographical sketches / Heidi Gembicki-Achtnich (in collaboration with Martin Achtnich) -- Writing as political commitment -- Marie Schloss / Barbara Woibring -- Karl Haas's Journey / Rob Laking -- Exile, emigration, and remigration: A contribution to left-liberal emigration after 1933 / Martin Schumacher -- The German Presence in New Zealand / James N. Bade.
Summary:
"Essays on the life and times of Dr Ludwig Haas (1875-1930), German Reichstag member in the Weimar Republic and leader of the left-liberal German Democratic Party, whose son Karl left Germany in 1933 and settled in New Zealand. Translated from the German with additional text, including a new chapter on the life of Karl Haas (1909-1992)"--Publisher information.
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