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The emancipation of the Jews varied from country to country and didn't always proceed in a straight line. France was the first country in Europe to give its Jews full citizenship (1791). By 1871 all the German states and the newly founded German Empire had granted, at least on paper, full citizenship to their Jews, but in practice there was a widespread reluctance to appoint them to really prestigious posts in the public sector till after 1918. As is well known, all this was more than reversed by the Nazis. In Britain, most legal disabilities were abolished in 1858, but some remained till 1890. In practice, attitudes in everyday life by ordinary people can be as important as formal legal equality.

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