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Antisemitism interbelic în România
Interwar anti-Semitism in Romania

Author(s): Liviu Rotman
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Jewish studies
Published by: Editura Institutul European
Keywords: anti-Semitism; Jews; nationalism; propaganda; pogrom; xenophobia;

Summary/Abstract: This is an attempt to underline the dimensions of a phenomenon, which has an exponential evolution in various media and reaches the center of the concerns of Romanian society. It follows the coagulation of interwar anti-Semitism from the synthesis of various clichés or prejudices. The conception and the role of some important personalities, leaders of the opinion, A. C. Cuza, Nicolae Paulescu, Zelea Codreanu, Octavian Goga are analyzed. Some specific concepts are proposed, such as continuous pogrom, elimination of Jews, romanization of the economies etc. The emergence of anti-Semitism is followed through propaganda, legalization and physical violence (beatings, vadalizations, etc.). It draws attention to the migration of anti-Semitism into the political and social space.

  • Issue Year: XII/2024
  • Issue No: 43
  • Page Range: 143-157
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Romanian