Language:
English
Year of publication:
2004
Titel der Quelle:
Yad Vashem Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
32 (2004) 131-170
Keywords:
Antisemitism History 1800-2000
;
Jews Historiography
;
Jews History 1800-2000
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Abstract:
Despite the traditional patriotism of Hungarian Jews, events which took place shortly after World War I, particularly the political upheaval caused by Béla Kun and his Jewish supporters, brought about a rise in antisemitism. In 1920, Hungary was the first country to instate a numerus clausus, thereby beginning the cancellation of emancipation. Discusses the antisemitic views of Hungarian historians and politicians in the interwar period; they blamed the Jews for all of Hungary's problems and called for further restrictions on the Jews. The government criticized and reversed the 19th-century emancipation, and all Jewish attempts to counter this development failed. Relates reactions of Jewish writers to the anti-Jewish laws of 1938-39, including recourse to Hungarian history in attempts to explain the situation of the Jews.
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