Fundamental aspects of the national identification of Jews in the Bohemian Lands in the 1880–1930 censuses
Fundamental aspects of the national identification of Jews in the Bohemian Lands in the 1880–1930 censuses

Summary/Abstract: This study deals with the topic of the national identification of Jews in the Bohemian Lands in the 1880–1930 censuses. It tries to demonstrate how the specific position of the Jewish minority, its perception by the state authorities and the non-Jewish majority and a considerable degree of diversity regarding the Jews' own identification were reflected in the censuses. In the Bohemian Lands the so called Jewish question in censuses represented an important part of the reflection of the tense Czech-German relations. The national identification of Jews in censuses had a practical and direct impact not only on the everyday life of this minority, but it also significantly influenced the situation of the other minorities in the Bohemian Lands especially the German one. The submitted study indicates main problems of the national identification of Jews in the 1880–1930 censuses on the territory of the Bohemian Lands.

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