The White Terror : antisemitic and political violence in Hungary, 1919-1921 /
The White Terror was a movement of right-wing militias that for two years actively tracked down, tortured and murdered members of the Jewish community, as well as former supporters of the short-lived Council Republic in the years following World War I. It can be argued that this example of a program...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2019.
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| Series: | Mass violence in modern history ;
3. |
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| Summary: | The White Terror was a movement of right-wing militias that for two years actively tracked down, tortured and murdered members of the Jewish community, as well as former supporters of the short-lived Council Republic in the years following World War I. It can be argued that this example of a program of virulent antisemitism laid the foundations for Hungarian participation in the Holocaust. Given the rightward shift of Hungarian politics today, this book has a particular resonance in reexamining the social and historical context of the White Terror. |
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| Physical Description: | xxv, 333 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [311]-327) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781138579521 1138579521 |