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This book explores the social, medical and historical aspects of Hungarian Jewish doctors’ lives, between the end of World War I and the start of World War II. It also answers how it was possible for these doctors to treat patients when inmates themselves, and what the reasons were for the unusually high percentage of Jewish youth choosing the medical profession in Hungary.
"370 Days of Terror " is written by Radu Bălaș, a Romanian journalist and Kocsis Francisko, a Romanian novelist. The book reveals the years of the Second World War and the Holocaust, a less known period in the history of a small town in Romania, Targu Mures. There are described the historical events and facts that led to the deportation of 8000 citizens of Targu Mures. Over 6000 of them have died in Nazi concentration camps. The stories are accompanied by documents, facsimiles and photographs (over 200) which have never been published. The documentary sources of information were provided by the Hebrew Community in Targu Mures, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Yad Vashem - Israel and the Simon Wiesenthal, and the Romanian Intelligence Service.
This history of the Jews in Budapest provides an account of their culture and ritual customs and looks at each of the "Jewish quarters" of the city. It pays special attention to the usage of the Hebrew language and Jewish scholarship and also to the integration of the Jews
Faculties, publications and doctoral theses in departments or divisions of chemistry, chemical engineering, biochemistry and pharmaceutical and/or medicinal chemistry at universities in the United States and Canada.
During the first decade after the turn towards democracy and market economy, Hungary's society experienced profound changes. The book analyses related political, legal, institutional and socio-economic structures and processes in order to contribute to a further understanding of Hungary's ongoing transformation processes and its current situation as one of the leading candidates for EU membership. The topics include constitutive elements of a modern market economy as well as education, income structures, the poverty situation, post-communist voting behaviour, regional and urban development and Hungary's cross-border co-operations. The role of Budapest within the European city system and Hungary's economic situation within Europe are also discussed. Drawing together comprehensive empirical data and a geat variety of viewpoints, the book offers innovative examples of the application of different theoretical approaches to transformation studies and studies of economy and society in general.