Mapping Jewish Loyalties in Interwar Slovakia

Rebekah Klein-Pejšová is Jewish Studies Assistant Professor of History at Purdue University.

"This book makes a crucial contribution to the question of minority loyalties in Central Europe in the first half of the twentieth century. It points to a dramatic divergence of the constructions of loyalties between the majority and minority populations."—Slovakia"After WW I, former Hungarian territory became part of the newly established state of Czechoslovakia. Jews who had lived under Hungarian rule faced the problem of status and identity in a new state. . . The overall picture the author presents is skillfully balanced by effective individualized treatments of individuals and events. . . . Recommended."—Choice"Rebekah Klein-Pejšová's well-researched volume focuses on Slovakia between the two world wars, critically examining the position of Jews between the demise of Austria-Hungary and the proclamation of formally independent—but in reality, collaborationist—Slovakia."—Holocaust and Genocide Studies"Klein-Pejšová has contributed a succinct and sophisticated profile of an understudied community, one that can help us understand the impossible dynamic faced by all Jews who lived among multiple nationalities with competing national claims."—Slavic Review"Well researched, gracefully written, and cogently argued. . . . A major contribution to our understanding of the dilemmas and challenges faced by Czechoslovak Jewry in the interwar period."—Michael Miller, Central European University

• Acknowledgments Note on Place-Names and List of Place-Name EquivalentsIntroduction: Seek the "Right Path": The Jews of Slovakia in Remapped Post-World War One East Central Europe1. From Hungary to Czechoslovakia: Jewish Transition to the Consolidating Czechoslovak State 2. Nationality is an Internal Conviction: Jewish Nationality and Czechoslovak Statebuilding3. Contested Loyalty: Proving Slovak Jewish Loyalty to Czechoslovakia 4. Between the Nationalities: Statist Slovak Jews, Separatist Slovaks, and the Revisionist ThreatConclusion: Mapping Jewish LoyaltiesNotesBibliographyIndex