Back to the Origins. The Tragic History of the Szekler Sabbatarians
Back to the Origins. The Tragic History of the Szekler Sabbatarians
Author(s): Gábor Győrffy, Zoltán Tibori Szabó, Júlia-Réka VallasekSubject(s): Social history, 19th Century, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Fascism, Nazism and WW II, History of the Holocaust, History of Antisemitism
Published by: SAGE Publications Ltd
Keywords: Anti-Trinitarianism; Holocaust; Hungary; Protestantism; Sabbatarianism; Transylvania;
Summary/Abstract: Sabbatarians were the only proselyte religious community that had an official institutional form in nineteenth-century Europe. This study aims to present the history and gradual disintegration of the Sabbatarian community and their acceptance of a common fate with Transylvanian Jewry during the Second World War. This is realized by, first, outlining the historical context of the formation of Sabbatarianism; second, by describing the social and political circumstances of Transylvanian Jews in the first half of the twentieth century; and third, by giving a detailed presentation of the 1944 deportations and other related events.
Journal: East European Politics and Societies
- Issue Year: 32/2018
- Issue No: 03
- Page Range: 566-585
- Page Count: 20
- Language: English
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