The Meaning of Jewish-Catholic Encounter in the Austrian Refugee Camps

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ID22158409
AutoresJim Niessen (0000-0001-9267-0949, autor correspondente), James P Niessen
Ano2022
Volume15
Páginas133-145
Data de publicação2022-07-19
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoHungarian Cultural Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2471-965X • E-ISSN: 2471-965X
EditoraUniversity Library System, University of Pittsburgh (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.5195/ahea.2022.467
OpenAlexW4286216460
IdiomaEN
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This study takes its point of departure from reports of antisemitic incidents among Hungarians in Austrian refugee camps at the end of 1956. These incidents may have been provoked by agents from Communist Hungary who had penetrated the camps and found ground for provocation among the refugees. The author argues their true significance should be sought in the contemporary history of Catholic Hungary and Austria. Special attention is given to the biography of the journalist and historian, Friedrich Heer, and the priest, Leopold Ungar, who challenged the Austrian church to greater openness. An additional analysis is provided of the confrontation with the Catholic Jewish question conducted by Fathers György Kis, John Österreicher, and Alois Eckert. The engagement of Eckert and Ungar with the Hungarian refugees emerges as a prelude to the reconciliation of the Catholic Church with Judaism in the constitution Nostra Aetate of the Second Vatican Council

Antisemitism · Biography · Communism · Constitution · Judaism · Openness to experience · Political science · Politics · Refugee · Sociology · The Holocaust · Theology · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Philosophy · Political and Social Issues · Religion, Theology, History, Judaism, Christianity · Religious studies