List of Figures List of Abbreviations Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. "Rights of citizenship are conditional rights": Disenfranchisement, Honor, and Trust in the Criminal Codes before German Unification Chapter 2. Institutions of Honor: A Leveling Society Searching to Protect Its Institutions Chapter 3. Political Offenders vs. Common Criminals: Challenging the Distinction Chapter 4. "The chain of dishonor": Petitioning for Rehabilitation in Imperial Germany Chapter 5. "The blessing of the war": World War I as a Chance for Rehabilitation Chapter 6. "Your honor is not my honor": Disenfranchisement and Rehabilitation as a Political Battleground from the War to the End of the Weimar Republic Conclusion Bibliography Index.