"Autoemanzipation!" Mahnruf an seine Stammesgenossen von einem russischen Juden
Berlin: Jüdischer Verlag, 1932. Later printing. Softcover. Octavo. 31 (1)pp. Original ochre wraps with red ruling and lettering on cover. Leon Pinsker was a physician and Zionist pioneer. He was the founder and leader of Hovevei Zion, considered a for-runner of modern Zionism. In his commentary on the nature of the so-called Jewish question Pinsker defines the term "Autoemanzipation" not as the rescue from outside prosecution but rather as the reestablishment of national honor and the rebirth of Jewish dignity. An elaborate account of the problems inherent with life in the Diaspora with emphatic reasoning and a plea for the establishment of a Jewish state. Text in German. Wrappers with light wear along edges, small chip at top of cover also running through first 3 pages of block, age toned in margins and rubbed with very light soiling. Wrappers in overall good-, interior in good+ condition. g- to g+. Item #38092
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