Pro Judaeis: Riflessioni e Documenti

The opening pages set out a stark picture of a continent waking to a renewed hostility toward Jews, a sentiment that spreads from the heart of Germany to the bustling streets of Paris and the newly unified Italy. Guiding readers through a blend of essay and document, the work sketches the uneasy legacy of the French Revolution’s promises while exposing how political, religious and economic anxieties rekindle old prejudices.

Through vivid accounts of agitators such as the atheist Henrici and the Protestant preacher Stöcker, the author unveils the emerging networks that publish anti‑Jewish tracts and organize campaigns across Europe. A wealth of contemporary pamphlets and official decrees are presented side by side with incisive commentary, inviting listeners to hear the voices that fueled the era’s “radicalism.”

By the end of the first section, listeners will have a clear sense of how historical myths of wealth and collective guilt were crafted and how they laid the groundwork for the tumultuous debates that would follow in later decades.