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Junker

Member of the landed aristocracy in Prussia; favoured by Frederick the Great and Bismarck, they controlled land, industry, trade, and the army, and exhibited privilege and arrogance. From the 15th century until the 1930s they were the source of most of the Prussian civil service and officer corps.
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Although the cultural flowers that would bloom during the Weimar Period were already growing before the war, the stifling atmosphere of Prussian Junkerdom kept these accomplishments in check.
The Renaissance of Jewish Culture in Weimar Germany by Levenson, Alan / Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought
Although the cultural flowers that would bloom during the Weimar Period were already growing before the war, the stifling atmosphere of Prussian Junkerdom kept these accomplishments in check.
Unspoken Bequest: The Contribution of German Jews to German Culture by Levenson, Alan / Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought
 
 
 
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