Anti-Jewish Legislation in the Two Main Daily Political Newspapers of Cluj (1940-1944)
Anti-Jewish Legislation in the Two Main Daily Political Newspapers of Cluj (1940-1944)

Summary/Abstract: In our study, we would like to show what information the citizens of Cluj had regarding the discrimination of the Jews in Hungary between 1940 and 1944. In order to do this, we will use the two main daily political newspapers of Cluj-Napoca: the Ellenzék and the Keleti Újság, because these were the basic news sources. After the Second Vienna Award (30 August 1940), the Ellenzék became the official newspaper of the sole Hungarian party in Transylvania (the Transylvanian Party-Erdélyi Párt). However, the Keleti Újság also held this position before the Award, and it remained as important as the Ellenzék. In order to achieve a clear image of the process of the anti-Jewish legislation and the way in which the official press in Cluj reflected on it, an examination of these newspapers is necessary. There are only a few studies published on this topic.

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