Accusations of “Ritual Murders” in Upper Hungary. Anti- Semitic Propaganda, Political Catholicism and the Nationality Question around 1900 Cover Image

Obvinenia z „rituálnych vrážd“ v Hornom Uhorsku. Antisemitská propaganda, politický katolicizmus a národnostná otázka na prelome 19. a 20. storočia
Accusations of “Ritual Murders” in Upper Hungary. Anti- Semitic Propaganda, Political Catholicism and the Nationality Question around 1900

Author(s): Miloslav Szabó
Subject(s): History
Published by: Historický ústav SAV
Keywords: Ritual murders; Upper Hungary; Anti-Semitism; Propaganda; Political Catholicism; Nationality policy

Summary/Abstract: The study is devoted to the hitherto unstudied phenomenon of accusations that Jews in Upper Hungary were involved in so-called “ritual murders”, in the context of the modernization of anti-Jewish prejudices around 1900. The key question is: To what degree was the transformation of traditional accusations away from ritual murders reflected in the propaganda of the anti-liberal opposition figures led by the representatives of political Catholicism, and not least in relation to their nationality policy and the reactions of representatives of the Slovak national movement.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 04
  • Page Range: 617-639
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Slovak