Emil J. Gumbel: Weimar German Pacifist and Professor

by Emil Julius Gumbel, Arthur D. Brenner, Athalya Brenner

Emil J. Gumbel (1891-1966) began his career simply as a professor of mathematical statistics in Heidelberg, but he is most remembered as a political activist militantly advocating for pacifism during the complicated and volatile times of the Weimar Republic in Germany. As a Jew with left-wing socialist and democratic sensibilities, he was exiled to France and later America. Ironically, the same writings on political terror and politicized justice...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0391041010
• ISBN13: 9780391041011
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 227 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.4"