Language:
English
Year of publication:
1986
Titel der Quelle:
Jewish Social Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
48,1 (1986) 63-82
Keywords:
Jews History 1933-1945
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Jews Legal status, laws, etc.
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Antisemitism History 20th century
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
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Hungary Economic conditions 1918-1945
Abstract:
Public opinion in Hungary in the 1930s attributed great importance to the solution of the "Jewish problem" by restricting the economic activities of the Jews. This was the aim of the anti-Jewish legislation of 1938. However, the second Jewish Law of 1939 was racially antisemitic and denied Jews various civil rights, such as the right to enter the civil service, as well as determining quotas in various trades and professions. Analysis of census returns for Budapest before and after the legislation indicates the possible effects of these laws. However, they were never fully implemented since the government did not wish to harm the Hungarian economy. It was mainly Jews of the lower middle classes, clerks, tradesmen, salaried employees, professionals, journalists, actors, etc., who were harmed. After 1942, the failure to implement the laws served to show that Hungary was not an unconditional vassal of Germany.
Note:
A revised version appeared as "The economic dimensions of antisemitism; anti-Jewish legislation in Hungary, 1938-1944" in the "East European Quarterly" 20,4 (1986) 447-465. Appeared in Hungarian as "Az antiszemita diszkrimináció gazdasági hatásai; a magyarországi zsidóellenes törvénykezés, 1938-1944" in his "A magyarországi zsidóság társadalom- és gazdaságtörténete a 19-20. században" (2006) 114-138.
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In Hebrew:
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"דפים לחקר תקופת השואה" ד (תשמו) 269-290
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