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Anti-Semitism remained a stable element in the history of Christian Europe for centuries. This hardly changed when, starting in the mid-nineteenth century, Jews gradually gained acceptance to academic careers. A closer look at the academic life of German-Jewish mathematicians reveals the extent to which anti-Semitic prejudices were responsible for career obstacles and discrimination.
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Vogt, A. (2012). Academic Anti-Semitism. In: Bergmann, B., Epple, M., Ungar, R. (eds) Transcending Tradition. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22464-5_12
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