Abstract
The article explores Rosa Luxemburg’s background, youth
and family and their influence on her Polish and Jewish
identities, as well as on her views on the Polish and Jewish
Questions. It examines the views of Luxemburg’s father and
grandfather, as well as other relatives, in order to understand
the origins of her own ideas about Jewish assimilation, Polish
nationalism and other subjects. Addressing the lack
of scholarship on this subject by Luxemburg’s biographers,
the article uses recent studies, newly available archival
material and extensive interviews with members of the
Luxemburg family to offer a new interpretation of the origins
of Rosa Luxemburg’s Polish-Jewish identity.
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