# der Judenknecht

der Judenknecht is a German noun meaning “Jew slave; a slur that could be directed at anyone suspect of having pro-Jewish sentiments or of helping Jews, even in the vaguest or most immaterial way”. Forms: des Judenknechts, die Judenknechte.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Judenknechts
- Plural: die Judenknechte

## Meanings

1. _Nazism · offensive_ Jew slave; a slur that could be directed at anyone suspect of having pro-Jewish sentiments or of helping Jews, even in the vaguest or most immaterial way
   - Das Kreisgericht in Brüx hat als Berufungsgericht den verantwortlichen Schriftleiter der Brüxer „Nationalen Zeitung“ Edmund Pummer wegen der Bezeichnung „Judenknecht“ zu einer – Arreststrafe in der Dauer von vier Tagen verurtheilt. Der Klage lag folgender Sachverhalt zugrunde: In einer Notiz der „Nat. Ztg.“ wurde der socialdemokratische Gastwirt Peter Leskowar in Neusattl als „Judenknecht“ bezeichnet und diese Bezeichnung damit begründet, daß die Socialdemokraten bei den letzten Reichsrathswahlen im Interesse der Juden thätig waren. — The district court in Brüx, acting as the court of appeals, has sentenced the chief editor of the Brüx “Nationale Zeitung”, Edmund Pummer, for using the designation of “Jew slave” – to a four-day detention. The suit was based on the following circumstance: In a note in “Nationale Zeitung”, Social Democratic innkeeper Peter Leskowar of Neusattl had been called a “Jew slave” and this designation had been substantiated with the fact that the Social Democrats during the last Imperial Council elections had acted in the interests of the Jews.

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