@misc{Mrzygłód_Izabela_Decent_2022,
 author={Mrzygłód, Izabela},
 volume={125},
 editor={Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences},
 copyright={Creative Commons Attribution BY-ND 4.0 license},
 journal={Acta Poloniae Historica},
 address={Warszawa},
 howpublished={online},
 year={2022},
 publisher={Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk},
 language={eng},
 abstract={November 1936 saw the blockade of the University of Warsaw, an occupational strike organised by far-right students demanding the introduction of the so-called ‘ghetto benches’ for Jewish students. This article draws a social portrait of the ordinary participants in the blockade and analyses their motivations. I argue that the socialisation of youth into exemplary citizens of a modern nation-state created a fertile ground for far-right organisations and their demands. Moreover, the largest student association, the Fraternal Aid Society, became a space for self-organisation into extreme nationalist politics. Its leaders tapped into the positive motivations of youth, i.e. the search for a sense of belonging and the desire of individuals to fit into the normative order of the community. My examination of the blockade offers a unique insight into the academic background of the far-right and its means of political mobilisation.},
 title={Decent Citizens Serving Chauvinism : Social Portrait of Students Participating in the Blockade of the University of Warsaw in 1936},
 type={Text},
 URL={http://rcin.org.pl/Content/235866/WA303_272486_A296-APH-R-125_Mrzyglod.pdf},
 keywords={University of Warsaw - 1900-1945, Antisemitism - Poland - Warsaw - 1918-1939, students - Poland - attitudes - 1918-1939, social portrait, political socialization, right-wing extremists - Poland - 1918-1939},
}