The Beginnings of Anti-Jewish Legislation

The 1920 Numerus Clausus Law in Hungary

Mária M. Kovács (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

264 Seiten

2023
Central European University Press (Verlag)
978-963-386-620-7 (ISBN)

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The Nazi 1933 Civil Service Law and the 1935 Nuremberg Laws are often considered the first anti-Jewish decrees in interwar Europe. Mária M. Kovács convincingly argues that Hungary’s numerus clausus law of 1920, which introduced a Jewish quota at Hungary’s institutions of higher learning, was, in fact, interwar Europe’s first antisemitic law. By defining—and discriminating against—Jews as a separate “racial” or “national” group, it abrogated the principle of equal rights that had been enshrined into law; as such, it marked an abrupt reversal of Jewish emancipation in Hungary. Moreover, the numerus clausus law set the stage for subsequent “Jewish Laws” (in the late 1930s and early 1940s) that sought to solve Hungary’s “Jewish Question” by means of extraordinary legal measures that targeted Jews alone. This book examines the origins and implementation of the numerus clausus, as well as the attempts to dampen its impact on Hungary’s international reputation, focusing on the debates surrounding it promulgation (1920), its modification (1928) and its eventual application to other areas of Jewish life (1938–45).

Mária M. Kovács (1953-2020) was a professor of Nationalism Studies at Central European University and a highly accomplished scholar of modern European history, Jewish studies and religious studies.

Foreword to the English Translation
Foreword

Introduction
Chapter 1: The Genesis of the Law
Chapter 2: The First Decade of the Numerus Clausus and the Racial Clause
Chapter 3: The Amendment of the Numerus Clausus Law and the Restoration of the Explicit Jewish Quota

Chronology
Appendixes
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	12.08.2023
Übersetzer	Mark Baczoni
Zusatzinfo	16 Tables, black and white; 22 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	Budapest
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	527 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Recht / Steuern ► Rechtsgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	963-386-620-0 / 9633866200
ISBN-13	978-963-386-620-7 / 9789633866207
Zustand	Neuware