History, remembrance and a "Useful Past" in the public thought of Hungarian Jewry, 1938-1939

Explores several aspects of the public discussion of historical issues among Hungarian Jews in the final years of Jewish emancipation in Hungary. Examines how the main currents in Hungarian Jewry - all of which were in some way part of the political culture that had taken shape during the emancipation era - coped with the Jewish Laws of 1938 and 1939, and the increasing threat of antisemitism at home