Language:
German
Year of publication:
1988
Titel der Quelle:
IDCIV-Vorträge
Angaben zur Quelle:
27 (1988) 1-23
Keywords:
Jews History
Abstract:
Based on a lecture delivered in October 1988. Traces the history of Jews in Hungary from Roman times to the present. Restrictive legislation began in the 11th century. In 1360 the Jews were expelled. In the 16th-17th centuries Hungary was divided: under Turkish rule the Jews enjoyed equal rights; under the Habsburgs, their condition deteriorated and they were expelled from the towns. After the Turks were driven out, Jews had residence rights only in villages. Traces the progress from Joseph II's Edict of Tolerance (1783) through freedom of residence in 1840 to full citizenship in 1867. Discusses the resurgence of antisemitism in the 19th-20th centuries: the blood libel of Tiszaeszlár, the frustration of defeat after the First World War and the prominence of Jews in Béla Kun's communist government, the terrorism of the White Guards, antisemitic legislation between the wars, the Holocaust, and the Jews' status under the communist regime.
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