Class Divisions In The Emperor's Tomb By Joseph Roth
More so than I expected while reading Joseph Roth’s The Emperor’s Tomb was the extent that class divisions contributed to the cultural climate of pre-1914 Austria. While modern-day scholars may be interested in studying the rise of anti-Semitism, especially considering the rise of Nazi Germany in the aftermath of World War I, certain passages of The Emperor’s Tomb show that amongst the aristocratic intellectual elite, class divisions overcame anti-Semitic sentiment. Class divisions were engrained in cultural norms. Manes Reisinger, whom the narrator described as such a good friend that the narrator chose to change regiments so that they could be together, signed his letter to the narrator as “your obedient servant” (33). It is also undoubtable