Language:
Hungarian
Year of publication:
2003
Titel der Quelle:
Századok
Angaben zur Quelle:
137,1 (2003) 179-217
Keywords:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
;
Jews
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
;
Jews Legal status, laws, etc.
Abstract:
The first anti-Jewish law (1938) was aimed at reducing the role of Jews in the economy. As a result, a state cooperative took over the largest enterprise in Kiskunhalas, the Jewish Schneider-firm. The second anti-Jewish law wanted to force Jews out of social life as well. It disenfranchised them, allowing for exemptions only in exceptional cases. The local administration, however, turned down applications for exemption; e.g. all Jews were excluded from the city council. The Business Association was harassed and eventually dissolved. Licenses and lease contracts for Jews were cancelled, and Jewish-owned lands and businesses were confiscated. The third anti-Jewish law banned marriage and sexual relations between Jews and non-Jews. Since most Kiskunhalas Jews were Orthodox, this law had the least impact on them. The enforcement of the anti-Jewish laws prepared the ground for the Final Solution, in which 37% of Kiskunhalas Jews perished.
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