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1. Paramilitary extremism in interwar Hungary and its anti-Jewish argumentation

Creator:
Adam, Istvan Pal
Format:
bez média and svazek
Type:
model:article and TEXT
Subject:
Post-World War I anti-Jewish violence, white terror, interwar anti-Semitism, paramilitary atrocities, borderlands, Trianon Treaty, First Vienna Award, Rongyos Gárda, and Iván Héjjas
Language:
Czech
Description:
The article explains the rise of popular extremism in post-World War I Hungary through the story of Iván Héjjas and the Ragged Guard/Rongyos Gárda. This interwar militia is responsible for anti-Jewish and anti-Communist atrocities in 1919-1923, and it was also deeply involved in the spreading of the anti-Semitic sentiment in the Hungarian countryside. Its case is particularly interesting because of its rejuvenation in 1938, when the Hungarian government relied on the militiamen in a secret mission in the Sub Carpathian borderlands against the integrity of Czechoslovakia. The paper also investigates the background of some common anti-Jewish accusations the Rongyos Gárda members propagated, and it tries to understand these arguments in a power framework.
Rights:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ and policy:public