The wave of anti-Semitism in Czechoslovakia caused by the show trial of Rudolf Slánsky et al Cover Image

Vlna antisemitizmu v Československu vyvolaná politickým procesom s Rudolfom Slánskym a spol
The wave of anti-Semitism in Czechoslovakia caused by the show trial of Rudolf Slánsky et al

Author(s): MARTIN ŠROMOVSKÝ
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Sociology, Ethnohistory, Political history, Victimology, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), History of Antisemitism
Published by: Spoločenskovedný ústav SAV, Slovenská akadémia vied
Keywords: Anti-Semitism; Jews; Show trial with Rudolf Slansky et al. Czechoslovakia; Prejudice;

Summary/Abstract: The beginning of 1950s in Czechoslovakia was a period of political processes, among which the Rudolf Slansky et al. trial had possibly the largest impact on the society. It was accompanied by a massive media campaign, characterized by a strong anti-cosmopolitan, anti-Zionist and anti-Israel spirit. Articles in newspapers that tried to accuse, inter alia, the Zionists, cosmopolitans (thus people of Jewish descent) and the State of Israel of the negative economic situation in the country, could not cause any other reaction but the anti-Semitism. In contrast to the so-called Popular anti-Semitism, which was on the scene mainly in Slovakia after the Second World War, in the early '50s the anti-Semitism was caused by government – so-called government anti-Semitism.

  • Issue Year: 18/2015
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 59-73
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Slovak