Gobineau Association
Gobineau-Vereinigung | |
| Formation | February 12, 1904 |
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| Dissolved | c. 1920 |
| Purpose | Translation and promotion of Arthur de Gobineau's works Promotion of racial theory, eugenics and Rassenhygiene |
| Headquarters | Freiburg im Breisgau |
| Membership | 360 (1914) |
Official language | German |
Chairman | Ludwig Schemann |
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The Gobineau Association (Gobineau-Vereinigung) was a German völkisch organisation founded in 1894 by Ludwig Schemann to promote the racial theories of Arthur de Gobineau. Under Schemann’s sole direction it evolved from a scholarly translation project into a major financial and networking hub of the pre-1918 völkisch movement, linking Wagnerism, pan-Germanism, antisemitism, and early racial hygiene. It effectively functioned as Schemann’s personal ideological enterprise until its dissolution around 1920.