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 programme 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 re-examining the social and historical context of the White Terror.

List of contents

Contents

List of Maps

List of Figures

Acknowledgements

Preface

1 - The Tószegi Affair: The Role of Rumors

2 - Rhythm of Violence

3 - The Red Terror as a Reaction to the White Terror

4 - The Space of Violence

5 - Forms of Violence

6 - Sexual Assaults

7 - Violence as Social Positioning

8 - Bourgeois Rebels

Epilogue

Bibliography

Index

About the author

Béla Bodó is Professor of East European History at the University of Bonn. He is the author of Tiszazug: The Social History of a Murder Epidemic.

Summary

Given the rightward shift of Hungarian politics today, this book has a particular resonance in re-examining the social and historical context of the White Terror.

Product details

• Authors: Bela Bodo, Bela (University of Bonn Bodo, Béla Bodó
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9780367786267
• ISBN: 978-0-367-78626-7
• No. of pages: 334
• Series: Mass Violence in Modern History
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Europe, European History, First World War, HISTORY / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, HISTORY / Jewish, HISTORY / Europe / Austria & Hungary, Jewish Studies, Fascism & Nazism, Second World War, The Holocaust, Hungary, c 1910 to c 1919, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Far-right political ideologies and movements, Modern warfare, c 1940 to c 1949, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Regional Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Marxism & Communism, Social groups: religious groups and communities, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust