To browse Academia. The goal of this study is to highlight the subject of legislative interference against the Jewish community in times of the Slovak State, particularly the issue of regulating sexual relations between Jews and non-Jews based on so-called Jewish code. The study is based exclusively on the analysis of documents of the county court in Bratislava, and it concerns cases of engaged couples, lovers, prostitutes and their clients and rape cases.
We are also pointing out the consequences of the ordinance for the majority Christian population in Slovakia. The key part of the study is an analysis of individual cases of violating this ordinance, while we looked at the consequences associated with violating the executive order in cases of professional prostitution, love affairs and sexual violence. The study is an introduction of the issue and it represents a pioneering research, while it incites for further research of the subject.
The paper constitutes an attempt to investigate the Jewish elite of interwar Czechoslovakia who were engaged in the Hungarian political opposition. In the first part of the paper, the main tendencies are highlighted that characterized the nationality declaration of Jews in interwar Slovakia, with special regard to the Jewish citizens who declared Hungarian nationality. It is intended to highlight the way they were perceived by the Czechoslovak state. The paper is an attempt to contribute to a better understanding of the Jewish political activity that aimed to unite Jewish voters who declared themselves Hungarian, into one organization, which is still an overlooked aspect in recent Jewish studies concerning interwar Czechoslovakia.
The study deals with the propaganda against the Jews in Slovakia during the first years of the Czechoslovak Republic. Aspects of the Holocaust during the Slovak Autonomy Period, The loss of territory represented a humiliating foreign policy setback for the Slovaks. The regime needed a scapegoat in order to conceal its discomfiture in front of their followers. Given these and other developments, this article suggests that this troubling time period deserves a greater emphasis in Holocaust discourse.
Log in with Facebook Log in with Google. Remember me on this computer. Enter the email address you signed up with and we'll email you a reset link. Need an account? Click here to sign up. Veronika Szeghy-Gayer. Focus on the Analytical Category of Victims. Nina Paulovicova. Roman Holec, CSc. Editors prof. Editorial board prof. UK, Praha doc. Konrad Kwiet Sydney doc. Konstantin V. Nikiforov DrSc. RAV prof.
