In this classic of anti-Semitism research, the historian Peter G. J. Pulzer traces the emergence and development of anti-Semitic movements in Germany and Austria. Its radical character was already revealed between 1867 and 1914, which differed markedly from the traditionally justified hostility towards Jews. This new "political anti-Semitism" later became the basis of a political program that combined violence and radicalism which the National Socialists were able to fall back on from 1933 onwards. Pulzer's study, published in 1966, was pioneering work in terms of the choice of topics and the density of the argumentation as well as its interpretative approach and shaped an entire branch of research. The new edition contains a detailed introduction by the author to the reception and the current state of research.