The first monograph to treat comprehensively the epoch-making
though now too often forgotten scandal that rocked German political
culture from 1906 to 1909, now in English translation. When it
broke out in 1906, the scandal surrounding Prince Philipp
Eulenburg, closest confidant of Emperor Wilhelm II, shook the
Hohenzollern monarchy and all of Europe to the core. Sparked by
accusations by the journalist and publicist Maximilian Harden, the
scandal dominated European headlines until 1909; it was the first
modern scandal in which homosexuality was openly discussed.
Particularly shocking was Harden's claim that Wilhelm had long been
under the influence of a homosexual camarilla led by Eulenburg.
Allegedly, this clique had brought about Bismarck's dismissal, cut
off the emperor from his people, and, with its undue pacifism,
maneuvered Germany not only into isolation,but to the brink of war
during the Morocco Crisis of 1905-6. The scandal came to be a forum
for the German public to debate diverse political, social, and
cultural issues: honor, friendship, marriage, privacy, sexual
mores,anti-Semitism, spiritualism, class struggle, submission to
authority, and enthusiasm for the military. Norman Domeier's book,
now in English translation, is the first scholarly monograph on the
scandal. It draws on a wealth of primary material, including ca.
5,000 newspaper articles as well as minutes of court trials,
private correspondence, government files, pamphlets, diaries,
memoirs, and images. Domeier's historical analysis offers
fascinating insightsinto the cultural history of German politics in
the fateful years of transition from the Belle Epoque to the "Iron
Age" of the world wars. Norman Domeier is Assistant Professor at
the University of Stuttgart's Historical Institute.
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