The Beginnings of Anti-Jewish Legislation: The 1920 Numerus Clausus Law in Hungary

by Mária M. Kovács

The Nazi 1933 Civil Service Law and the 1935 Nuremberg Laws are often considered the first anti-Jewish decrees in interwar Europe. M ria M. Kov cs 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9633866200
• ISBN13: 9789633866207
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Central European University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher