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Title:

Nationalist Destruction. Izabela Mrzygłód, Universities in the Shadow of Crisis. The Nationalist Radicalization of Students in Warsaw and Vienna in the Interwar Period, Toruń 2025, pp. 548 [review]

Creator:

Hübner, Mateusz Affiliation ORCID

Publisher:

Instytut Historii Nauki im. Ludwika i Aleksandra Birkenmajerów Polskiej Akademii Nauk ; Polska Akademia Nauk

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Date issued/created:

2025

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

University of Warsaw ; University of Vienna ; Brotherly Help ; antisemitism ; radicalization ; numerus clausus ; numerus nullus ; bench ghetto ; Second Polish Republic ; First Austrian Republic ; interwar period

Abstract:

Izabela Mrzygłód's work Universities in the shadow of crisis: the nationalist radicalization of students in Warsaw and Vienna in the interwar period offers a comprehensive and thorough comparative analysis of the radicalization process among nationalistminded students studying at the University of Warsaw and the University of Vienna during the interwar period. The author demonstrates that manifestations of right-wing radicalization such as xenophobia, antisemitism, and the drive to exclude those deemed outsiders constituted one of the main forms of response to crises at both universities. The book examines the discourses, cognitive patterns, and shared belief systems within student self-help organizations that gave rise to violence and terror among students at both institutions. Special attention is given to the self-help organizations: the Bratnia Pomoc (Brotherly Aid Society of University of Warsaw Students) and the Deutsche Studentenschaft (German Student Union), which served as organizational platforms for far-right initiatives.

Relation:

Rozprawy z Dziejów Oświaty

Volume:

62

Start page:

381

End page:

393

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Review

Format:

PDF

Resource Identifier:

0080-4754

Language:

pol

Language of abstract:

eng

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution BY-NC-ND 4.0 license

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] May be used within the scope specified in Creative Commons Attribution BY-NC-ND 4.0 license, full text available at:

Copyright holder:

Instytut Historii Nauki im. Ludwika i Aleksandra Birkenmajerów PAN

Original in:

Library of the Institute for the History of Science PAS

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