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which boasted 1800 delegates. She also was active in <strong>the</strong><br />

German Society for <strong>the</strong> preservation of peace. Then, like<br />

<strong>to</strong>day, most organizations that had peace in <strong>the</strong>ir titles were<br />

really up <strong>to</strong> something else, dissension and revolution. The<br />

International Party could not afford <strong>to</strong> lose such talent, so <strong>the</strong><br />

super-rich decided <strong>to</strong> keep Geiger in limbo in Breslau and <strong>to</strong><br />

support him in some of his scholarly works. They <strong>the</strong>refore<br />

sponsored what is considered <strong>to</strong> be his magnum opus entitled,<br />

The Original Text and Translations of <strong>the</strong> Bible and Their<br />

Relation <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> Inner Development of Judaism, which in<br />

German was simply referred <strong>to</strong> as Geiger's Urschrift. The book<br />

was published in 1857 and was presented by Geiger <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

world on <strong>the</strong> occasion of his 25th anniversary in <strong>the</strong> phony rab-<br />

binate.<br />

Geiger's wife died in 1860. After that <strong>the</strong> clandestine<br />

Communists decided <strong>to</strong> send Geiger <strong>to</strong> Frankfurt because <strong>the</strong>y<br />

could not control Leopold Stein, <strong>the</strong> phony Chief Rabbi, <strong>to</strong> <strong>to</strong>e<br />

<strong>the</strong> party line. Stein refused <strong>to</strong> submit <strong>to</strong> censorship from his<br />

Board of Direc<strong>to</strong>rs regarding sermons or official business as a<br />

representative of <strong>the</strong> community before <strong>the</strong> public authorities. 45<br />

So Geiger went <strong>to</strong> Frankfurt in 1862, home of <strong>the</strong> Schiffs and<br />

Rothschilds, who controlled its communal life. He was<br />

embraced from that time on by <strong>the</strong> Frankfurt inner circle. One<br />

of <strong>the</strong> great moments in his life came at <strong>the</strong> funeral of James<br />

(Jacob) Rothschild, <strong>the</strong> youngest of <strong>the</strong> five sons of Mayer<br />

Amschel (1744-1812). It was James (1792-1868) who staked<br />

much capital on <strong>the</strong> revolution of 1848, and who was a heavy<br />

loser. 46 On June 15, 1805, James married Bette Rothschild,<br />

his first cousin, <strong>the</strong> daughter of Shlomo Mayer, o<strong>the</strong>rwise<br />

known as Solomon, founder of <strong>the</strong> Vienna branch. The<br />

Rothschilds had tried <strong>to</strong> keep <strong>the</strong> money in <strong>the</strong> family. The<br />

Jewish Encyclopedia records that, of 58 marriages in <strong>the</strong><br />

Rothschild family, 29 were with cousins. Rothschild died<br />

November 15, and a special memorial service was held on<br />

November 29, 1868. Guess who delivered <strong>the</strong> sermon? Why<br />

38

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