Christian Wilhelm von Dohm

Christian Wilhelm von Dohm; portrait by Karl Christian Kehrer (c.1795)

Christian Wilhelm von Dohm (German: [doːm]; 11 December 1751 – 29 May 1820) was a German historian and political writer. His work, On the Civil Improvement of the Jews, went on to influenced the process of Jewish emancipation.[1]

  1. ^ Barnavi, Eli, ed. (1992). "German Jewry". The Historical Atlas of the Jewish People. Hutchinson. pp. 172–173. ISBN 0 09 177593 0.