History/Political Science paper by Stark, Tamás
"Jews," "Hungarians," "Hungarian Jews" (Accepted)
Type of Abstract (select):Abstract (max. 250 words):
I would like to give a short overview about the history of the relationship between the Jews and non-Jews in Hungary. I will tell how Jews were looked upon by non-Jews in the different periods of the twentieth century. I try to make a difference between the official attitude of various political regimes and the attitude of the general public. Through the twentieth century Jews were considered alternately as members of a denomination, as members of a distinct race, as members of an ethnic group, or their group identity was totally ignored.
Brief Professional Bio (max. 100 words):
Tamas Stark is senior research fellow at the Research Centre for the Humanities,Institute of History. His specialization is forced population movement in East-Central-Europe in the period of 1938 and 1956, with special regard to the history of the Holocaust, the fate of prisoners of war and civilian internees, and the postwar migrations. He is member of the "World War II. History" subcommittee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. In 2014 he was visiting professor at Nazareth College in Rochester NY in USA.