Orthodox Clergymen in Porunca vremii (1940-1944). A Case Study on the Perception of Jews and the Assessment of the Jewish Question
Orthodox Clergymen in Porunca vremii (1940-1944). A Case Study on the Perception of Jews and the Assessment of the Jewish Question

Summary/Abstract: The paper aims at exploring the contributions of orthodox clergymen to the radical-right Romanian Press during the Holocaust years (1940-1944), with particular focus on the newspaper Porunca vremii (Command of the Times). Following this purpose, the research has three main objectives addressed in the corresponding sections of the paper: to identify the authors who contributed to Porunca vremii in their capacity of clergymen (first section); to identify and to classify the topics they wrote about in Porunca vremii (second section); to expose and to analyse what the clergymen wrote about Jews and the Jewish question (third section). Whereas the first two objectives are addressed in a mere quantitative manner, the last objective is developed by using qualitative methods that aim at identifying, classifying, and systematizing the ideas and arguments about the Jews (as a population) and the Jewish question (perceived as a problem) in Romania. The conclusion is that a strong antisemitism was professed, varying from economic to religious with a unique emphasis on economical antisemitism motivated by a religious insight.

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