In his »Apologia for the Oppressed Jewish Population in Germany« submitted anonymously to the Rastatt Congress in 1798 as food for thought, Andreas Riem (1749-1814) - unlike the majority of German Jacobins - represents a consistently rationalist/natural-law position. Equality for the Jews is seen as the acid test for the realization of democracy. This new edition supplements the text with an extract on the Batavian Republic taken from Riem's »Journey through Holland in the Years 1796 and 1797« and the translation of an address by Georg Hahn on »complete equality for Jews with other citizens«. An 'Introduction' by Jacobin specialist Walter Grab (Tel-Aviv) provides information on the life and work of the committed democrat Andreas Riem.