THE CITY WITHOUT JEWS A NOVEL OF OUR TIME BY HUGO BETTAUER TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN BY SALOMEA NEUMARK BRAININ [Illustration] _Authorized English Translation_ BLOCH PUBLISHING COMPANY NEW YORK 1927 COPYRIGHT, 1926, BY BLOCH PUBLISHING CO., INC. _International Copyrights Secured_ SECOND PRINTING Printed in the U. S. CONTENTS PART I CHAPTER PAGE 1. THE ANTI-JEWISH LAW 3 2. HERR SCHNEUZEL AND HIS SON-IN-LAW 23 3. AT CLOSING TIME 27 4. A SHOT 30 5. GIRLS AMONG THEMSELVES 35 6. DR. SCHWERTFEGER 39 7. A MIDDLE-CLASS VIENNESE HOME 48 8. “MY DEAR CHRISTIANS!” 57 PART II 1. LOTTE SPINEDER TO LEO STRAKOSCH, 22 RUE FOCH, PARIS 65 2. ROUGH WOOLENS--THE LATEST STYLE 72 3. THE OLD-TIMER 77 4. “SOMETHING HE CANNOT FINISH” 80 5. HENRY DUFRESNE 84 6. THE END OF THE TENANTS’ PROTECTIVE LAW 94 7. ZWICKERL GOES INTO BANKRUPTCY 99 8. THE SWEET, GAY YOUNG THINGS 105 9. THE END OF THE HAKENKREUZLER 109 10. CHEAP SUMMER-RESORTS 114 11. A STORMY DEBATE 121 12. THE LEAGUE OF TRUE CHRISTIANS 125 13. A MELANCHOLY CHRISTMAS 132 14. AN INFLAMMATORY SPEECH 137 15. HERR LABERL TURNS 144 16. “DOWN WITH THE GOVERNMENT!” 149 17. PREPARATIONS 156 18. THE ELECTION 165 19. A DISASTROUS DRINK 169 20. THE REPEAL OF THE ANTI-JEWISH LAW 177 21. “MY BELOVED JEW!” 186 INTRODUCTION The City Without Jews! It sounds almost like a jest, a paradox. The cosmopolitan will smile at the title; yet both Jews and Christians will prick up their ears and wonder: “Does such a thing exist?” Some will consider this book merely a clever fantasy. Still, the reading of it will make them feel that _The City Without Jews_ is symptomatic of our time.