The White Terror: Antisemitic and Political Violence in Hungary, 1919-1921 (Mass Violence in Modern History)

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.\nGiven 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.