Antisemites' Petition

The Antisemites' Petition (German: Antisemitenpetition) was a petition initiated in 1880–1881 by German antisemites of the Berlin Movement (Berliner Bewegung). It was addressed to the imperial chancellor and Prussian prime minister Otto von Bismarck, demanding the rescission of essential equality laws for Jews in Germany.

The primary initiators were Karl Friedrich Zöllner, a professor of physics and astronomy in Leipzig, along with Max Liebermann von Sonnenberg, Bernhard Förster, Paul Förster, and Ernst Henrici. Early signatories included the prominent Berlin court chaplain Adolf Stoecker, the Chemnitz publisher Ernst Schmeitzner, and the composer and conductor Hans von Bülow.

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