A.C. Cuza’s Antisemitism: Parliamentary Speeches (1933-1937)
A.C. Cuza’s Antisemitism: Parliamentary Speeches (1933-1937)
Author(s): Daniel-Valeriu BobocSubject(s): History of ideas, Political history, Political behavior, Politics and communication, Politics and religion, Studies in violence and power, Nationalism Studies, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), History of Antisemitism
Published by: Institutul National pentru Studierea Holocaustului din Romania ELIE WIESEL
Keywords: A.C.Cuza; antisemitism; far-right movements; interwar Romania; racial hate discourses;
Summary/Abstract: A.C. Cuza was a prominent antisemite politician. In the latter half of the interwar period, he realized that his movement could become more influent in the new context, after Adolf Hitler’s advent to power, when other countries also resorted to dictatorial or totalitarian regimes. He tried to use his presence in the Romanian Parliament as a springboard to gain votes and to convince the constitutional factor, King Carol II, that he was leading a popular movement and could be entrusted with government. However, he remained the same mono-thematic antisemite, incapable to come up with something new, including in antisemitism. He was not capable to propose a more complex understanding of the Romanian society’s problems and, as a consequence, was surpassed in influence by the Iron Guard.
Journal: Holocaust. Studii şi cercetări
- Issue Year: XV/2023
- Issue No: 16
- Page Range: 85-116
- Page Count: 32
- Language: English
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