Uncovering the socio-economic issues beyond the Anti-Jewish Legislation in Romania: In the shadow of the swastika, 1933-1944
Uncovering the socio-economic issues beyond the Anti-Jewish Legislation in Romania: In the shadow of the swastika, 1933-1944

Summary/Abstract: There is an extensive academic literature on the origins, reasons, nature, and impact of the Holocaust. A large part of this work focuses on issues such as how societies and individuals that lived through it have dealt with this sad experience or what lessons have been drawn from the Holocaust. The socio-economic issues are discussed in the Holocaust literature in few works referring to aspects of Anti-Jewish Legislation. The aim of this paper is to assess what the Holocaust and the loss of Jews meant for a country with a previous rich Jewish economic and cultural life, from a socio-economic point of view. This paper examines the effects caused by the expropriation of Jewish assets, and dismissal or deportation of many skilled workers in Romania.

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