Lesson 4: "Emancipation and its Aftermath"
Introduction: Today we survey the process of Jewish emancipation in Galicia. Perhaps nothing will separate Galician Jews from their East European brethren more than this political transformation. We focus especially on two revolutionary periods. First, we examine the period just before and after the European-wide revolutions of 1848, known as the “Springtime of Nations.” Then, we look at the transformation of Austria into the “Dual Monarchy” of Austria-Hungary in 1867. Its new constitution will include the total emancipation of Austrian Jewry.
Recommended reading:
Rachel Manekin, “Taking it to the Streets: Polish-Jewish print discourse in 1848 Lemberg”, Jahrbuch des Simon-Dubnow-Instituts 7 (2008), 215-227
Rachel Manekin, “Politics, Religion, and National Identity: The Galician Jewish Vote in the 1873 Parliamentary Elections,” in Polin 12: Focusing on Galicia (1999), 100-120
Jozef Buszko, “The Consequences of Galician Autonomy after 1867,” in Polin 12: Focusing on Galicia (1999), 86-99
