Anti-Semitism
Beginning in 1848, critics accused Bauer of promoting a virulent anti-Semitism in print within reactionary circles. Bauer's view of Jews and Judaism is considered by some to have been absolutely negative, both when considering the past and when contemplating the present.
A pamphlet written by Karl Marx, entitled, On the Jewish Question has been traditionally attributed to Bruno Bauer's influence, despite the fact that Bauer and Marx had sharply broken paths. Bauer allegedly argued that the Jews were responsible for their own misfortunes in European society since they had "made their nest in the pores and interstices of bourgeois society". However, this allegation may simply be one of the common attributions from Karl Marx's pen onto Bruno Bauer.
Actually, Bauer's actual words were, 'Jewish citizens should not expect to be free in Germany as long as German citizens were themselves unfree.' It is not as easy to charge this statement with anti-Semitism, compared with the economic statements about Jewry by Karl Marx himself.
Jacob Katz contextualizes Bauer's anti-Semitism with his passionate anti-Christianity, the latter of which caused Bauer to lose his professorship. Although, according to Katz, Bauer was "equally impatient with Christianity and Judaism", Bauer would frequently diverge from a review or opinion piece on a Jewish writer or thinker into a general consideration of "the Jew as a type", grasping at whatever negative characteristics he could find.
Douglas Moggach, on the other hand, did not present any clear anti-Semitism in Bauer's writings.
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