Entwicklungsstufen des Antisemitismus in Ungarn 1867-1939
die Zerstörung der magyarisch-jüdischen Symbiose
Description:... Emphasizes that up to 1918 Hungarian public opinion generally favored Jewish emancipation and assimilation. An outbreak of anti-Jewish agitation during the Tiszaeszlár ritual murder case in 1882-83 was suppressed by the government of Kálmán Tisza. Since both government and opposition rejected antisemitism, Győző Istóczy founded an antisemitic party, but its parliamentary success was short-lived. From the 1890s on, anti-capitalist agrarian associations, Catholic circles, and declasse aristocrats denounced the substitution of "mercantilism" and "atheism" (identified with the Jews) for traditional Magyar and Christian virtues. The reverses of World War I led to accusations that Jews were evading front-line service and engaged in profiteering. Describes the views of interwar antisemitic intellectuals, including prominent Catholics. Traces the policies of successive governments regarding Jews, from administrative discrimination and the "numerus clausus" in 1920 to the anti-Jewish laws of 1938-39.
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