Abstract
The Jüdischer Frauenbund was composed ofpatriotic Germans committed to their Jewish faith who believedthat a synthesis of Deutschtum and Judentum was possible (Kaplan,Frauenbund 19, 22). Broadly, the Bund’s principle aim was to offerresistance to antisemitism and its goals centered on representingJewish women and ameliorating their socio-economic position(Knappe 153-154, Kaplan, Frauenbund 44, 83, 86). Morespecifically, Marion Kaplan has listed the Bund’s tasks in 1904 asfollows: fighting white slavery, raising the standards of morality,strengthening Jewish communal consciousness, lightening theburden of Jewish working-class women, and improvingeducation (Frauenbund 86). Yet, it was the first issuelisted—fighting white slavery—that had been the actualmotivating factor for the creation of the Bund (Kaplan, Morality621). Pappenheim had first heard of white slavery in 1902 at aconference sponsored by the Jewish Committee. There, shelearned that emigrant women were lured, sold or even, thoughrarely, kidnapped and forced into prostitution (Kaplan, Morality620). From that moment on, she admitted in a letter, the issuehad come to consume her thoughts (Kaplan, Morality 620-621).
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