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Reference Type: Book Section
Author: Carare, Liviu
Year: 2010
Title: Evreii din România între 1938-1940. De la statutul de cetăţean la cel de paria
Translated Title: [The Jews in Romania between 1938-1940. From the Citizenship to exclusion]
Editor: Gidó, Attil - Horváth, István - Pál, Judit
Book Title: 140 de ani de legislaţie minoritară în Europa Centrală şi de Est
City: Cluj-Napoca
Publisher: ISPMN (The Romanian Institute for Research on National Minorities)
Kriterion
Pages: 213-130
Language: Romanian
Keywords: Jewish minority, history, politics, antisemitism, anti-Jewish legislation, authorities, persecutions, military, World War II, discrimination, Romanian Legionary Movement, romanization, nationalism, pogrom, massacre, holocaust
Abstract: (En) The 1923 Constitution garanted Romanian citizenship to all the country's minorities, including Jews. This legal regulation lasted until 1938 when the government has enacted the January 22 citizenship law revision, which was based on racially discriminatory grounds. Decree-Law no. 169/22 actually cancelled the citizenship granted to Jews after World War I. The interval between the years 1938-1940 captures the evolution of Romanian anti-Semitic legislation, since the dictatorship of Carol II and ending with the Antonescu regime. Thus, there was gradual deterioration of the situation of Jews that culminated with the impact of territorial cessions in summer 1940, followed by exclusion of the Hebrew element from all state sectors and structures. Romania's relation with the Western totalitarian regimes contributed to an accelerated spread of fascist elements. The pressure of Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia have led directly and indirectly to identify Romanian Jewry as scapegoat for all the state failures. Henceforth Jews will be treated as an enemy from within, and their rights and freedoms be restricted. This restrictive measures were accompanied by violence, massacres and pogroms of the local population against the Jews.
URL: http://ispmn.gov.ro/uploads/ISPMN_2010_140%20ani.pdf