Die Schädigung der Rasse durch soziales und wirtschaftliches Aufsteigen bewiesen an den Berliner Juden

A 1914 manuscript presents itself as a scientific inquiry into the effects of social and economic advancement on the “racial health” of Berlin’s Jewish community. Drawing on census figures and birth‑rate tables, the author argues that increased material success and professional integration have coincided with a marked decline in fertility, framing the trend as a potential threat to the group’s “biological stability.” The work mixes demographic data with the language of contemporary race‑hygiene theory, positioning its conclusions within a broader discourse that linked cultural achievement to hereditary concerns.

The text proceeds to cite prominent Jewish entrepreneurs, politicians and professionals as evidence of rapid upward mobility, then attributes their lowered birth rates to “calculated reluctance” rather than any physiological factor. While the arguments reflect the biased, pseudoscientific attitudes of their era, the book offers a window into the way statistical evidence was marshaled to support exclusionary ideologies in early‑twentieth‑century Germany.