Ashkenaz of the south: Hungarian Jewry in the long nineteenth century
TitoloThe Ashkenaz of the south: Hungarian Jewry in the long nineteenth century
Autore
Call number943.8004924/0055
Numero oggetto10419d
Luogo di pubblicazioneLondon, England
Anno di pubblicazione
2019
Paginazionepp83-119
MaterialeArticle
SeriePolin studies in Polish Jewry ; 31
ISBN9781906764722
NotesArticle from the book 'Poland and Hungary : Jewish realities compared' pp83-119
Descrizione
Before 1919 the Jewish populations of Hungary and Poland formed the two largest Ashkenazi communitites in Europe. Antisemitism prevailed in Hungary from the earliest twentieth century until World War II. Xenophobia was more important in Polish lands than in Hungary since the majority of Jews could be identified as foreigners by culture, language, custom and religion before the Holocaust. Predatory antisemitism was widespread in both societies