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Book Review: Österreich und die Tschechoslowakei 1918–1938. Die wirtschaftliche Neuordnung in Zentraleuropa in der Zwischenkriegszeit

Book Review: Österreich und die Tschechoslowakei 1918–1938. Die wirtschaftliche Neuordnung in... 21 2 AUSTRIAN HISTORY YEARBOOK, VOL. XXXI (2000) Unfortunately, the work is perhaps most disappointing in its rather impersonal pre- sentation of Esterh&zy himself. The author relies extensively on newspaper accounts and presents Esterhazy primarily through extensive quotations from his speeches and from the commentary of others. Still, Esterhazy's strength of character is clearly re- vealed, for example, in his decision in 1939 to remain as the sole representative of the small Hungarian minority left in the Slovak state after the first Vienna Accord. Nu- merous commentaries attest to his bravery in the vote on the deportation of the Jews in the Slovak Parliamentary session of May 15,1942, where he explained that his Chris- tian and democratic conscience forbade him to agree to the deportation (183). During the difficult years under Slovak rule, Esterhazy did his best to protect the Hungarian minority, but he also interceded for the Slovaks who had come under Hungarian rule over questions of unfair treatment. Szent-Ivany's work, based on impressive archival research, including use of dip- lomatic papers from German, French, British, Hungarian, and American archives, pro- vides a mine of information on the complex problems of minority populations within a national state, as http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Austrian History Yearbook Cambridge University Press

Book Review: Österreich und die Tschechoslowakei 1918–1938. Die wirtschaftliche Neuordnung in Zentraleuropa in der Zwischenkriegszeit

Austrian History Yearbook , Volume 31: 3 – Feb 10, 2009
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Cambridge University Press
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Copyright © Center for Austrian Studies, University of Minnesota 2000
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0067-2378
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1558-5255
DOI
10.1017/S0067237800014673
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21 2 AUSTRIAN HISTORY YEARBOOK, VOL. XXXI (2000) Unfortunately, the work is perhaps most disappointing in its rather impersonal pre- sentation of Esterh&zy himself. The author relies extensively on newspaper accounts and presents Esterhazy primarily through extensive quotations from his speeches and from the commentary of others. Still, Esterhazy's strength of character is clearly re- vealed, for example, in his decision in 1939 to remain as the sole representative of the small Hungarian minority left in the Slovak state after the first Vienna Accord. Nu- merous commentaries attest to his bravery in the vote on the deportation of the Jews in the Slovak Parliamentary session of May 15,1942, where he explained that his Chris- tian and democratic conscience forbade him to agree to the deportation (183). During the difficult years under Slovak rule, Esterhazy did his best to protect the Hungarian minority, but he also interceded for the Slovaks who had come under Hungarian rule over questions of unfair treatment. Szent-Ivany's work, based on impressive archival research, including use of dip- lomatic papers from German, French, British, Hungarian, and American archives, pro- vides a mine of information on the complex problems of minority populations within a national state, as

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Published: Feb 10, 2009

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