Language:
English
Year of publication:
2011
Titel der Quelle:
Jahrbuch des Simon-Dubnow-Instituts
Angaben zur Quelle:
10 (2011) 273-284
Keywords:
Jews History 1800-2000
;
Antisemitism History 1800-2000
;
Jews Legal status, laws, etc.
;
Jews Political activity
Abstract:
According to the law of 1870, 50% of the members of the municipal boards in the cities of Hungary were selected from among the ranks of the highest direct taxpayers, rather then elected. The reforms of local self-governments in Budapest and the provinces, enforced in the 1920s, aimed not only to democratize the election system, but also to reduce the number of Jews in the local self-governmental bodies. It was because of this that the reforms were supported not only by liberal parties, but also by right-wing nationalist ones. The wave of anti-Jewish laws in 1938-41, beginning with curtailing the Jews' active and passive suffrage, step by step, reduced the number of Jews in office in any municipal body in Hungary to zero.
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