on 17 December 1880, the Progress Party invited all electors for the Prussian Landtag to a meeting in the Reichshallen on 12 January 1881 to demonstrate that the citizens of Berlin did not support anti-semitism. Eugen Richter delivered a speech before an audience of 2.500 electors, attacking anti-semitic university students: He turned the anti-semitic accusations around: Already in February 1880, the German Crown Prince and latter Emperor Frederick III had called the anti-semitic movement in a private conversation with the president of the Jewish corporation of Berlin, Meyer Magnus, "a disgrace for Germany" (in some reports also "a disgrace of our time" or "a disgrace for our nation"). Eugen Richter referred to these words, which the Crown Prince confirmed two days later: He rejected the claim that the anti-semitic movement had grown from the ranks of craftsmen, workers, and businessmen: In his concluding words, he called upon his audience: On 27 October 1881 the Progress Party defeated the anti-semitic "Berliner Bewegung" (Berlin Movement), winning all six seats for the capital, with Eugen Richter gaining 66% of the vote in the first round. See also Liberalism in Germany Notes Further reading External links Pictures of the Socialistic Future (1891), David M. Hart. Pictures of the Socialistic Future; Swan, Sonnenschein, and Company, London, 1893 Free download of the novel: https://mises-media.s3.amazonaws.com/Pictures%20of%20the%20Socialistic%20Future_Vol_2_2.pdf 1838 births 1906 deaths 19th-century German politicians 19th-century Protestants Activists against antisemitism German cooperative organizers Critics of Marxism Free-minded People's Party (Germany) politicians German classical liberals German Free-minded Party politicians German male journalists German male writers German Progress Party politicians German Protestants Heidelberg University alumni Humboldt University of Berlin alumni Members of the Prussian House of Representatives Members of the 1st Reichstag of the German Empire Members of the 2nd Reichstag of the German Empire Members of the 3rd Reichstag of the German Empire Members of the 4th Reichstag of the German Empire Members of the 5th Reichstag of the German Empire Members of the 6th Reichstag of the German Empire Members of the 7th Reichstag of the German Empire Members of the 8th Reichstag of the German Empire Members of the 9th Reichstag of the German Empire Members of the 10th Reichstag of the German Empire Members of the 11th Reichstag of the German Empire Politicians from Düsseldorf People from the Rhine Province University of Bonn alumni