Language:
French
Year of publication:
1988
Titel der Quelle:
Guerres Mondiales et Conflits Contemporains
Angaben zur Quelle:
150 (1988) 45-59
Keywords:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Abstract:
Examines the causes of the widespread adoption of anti-Jewish legislation after 1938 in most Central and Eastern European countries, restricting or forbidding Jewish economic activity and expelling foreign Jews. From 1940 on, racist principles were adopted, and elements of an extermination policy can be seen in the imposition of forced labor on Jewish men in Hungary, Slovakia, Romania, and Bulgaria, followed by the mass deportation of Jews, as aliens, from occupied areas such as Sub-Carpathian Russia, Bukovina, and Bessarabia. A typology of the antisemitic policies adopted in Hungary, Bulgaria, Italy, Romania, Slovakia, and Vichy France shows the centrality of economic considerations - i.e. the elimination of the Jewish middle class for the benefit of local competitors. The similarity and simultaneity of these measures suggest a strong German influence, either in the form of pressure from local pro-Nazi fascist parties, or an attempt to seek German approval through implementation of Nazi-style measures.
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