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Politician Petre Andrei and the Jewish Question
Politician Petre Andrei and the Jewish Question

Author(s): Teodora Prelipcean
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Jewish studies
Published by: Editura Institutul European
Keywords: anti-Semitism; ultranationalism; ideal; value; Petre Andrei; A. C. Cuza;

Summary/Abstract: Modern anti-Semitism is not just one problem among many. This is because the extent of the phenomenon reached unimaginable heights in the interwar period, with discriminatory political measures and violence against Jews, deportations, and extermination among the many consequences of this hostile attitude. Under these circumstances, in this paper I analyze how the anti-Jewish atmosphere also affected the discussions in the Romanian Parliament in the 1930s, with an intensification of unparliamentary behavior, turbulent sessions and frequent insults. The polemic on this subject between the MPs Petre Andrei and A. C. Cuza is the focus of attention, with the former's opposition to any extremism and promotion of non-violence, and the latter's exacerbated nationalism and aggressive language.

  • Issue Year: XI/2023
  • Issue No: 2(40)
  • Page Range: 89-99
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: English, Romanian
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