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Legal status of Jewish religious communities in the Second Polish Republic
Anna Lewicka
Abstract
The Second Polish Republic was a multicultural and multi-religious country. At that time about 1/3 of polish citizens declared themselves as members of national and religious minorities. Among all of non-Christian minorities the Jewish one was the largest. Shortly after the First World War the legal status of Jewish inhabitants in particular parts of polish state was different and – moreover often contradictory. In that case one of the most important assignments of polish legislature those days was to regulate according to law their situation and create homogenous legal status. The article contains review of essential problems regarding to legal situation of Jewish religious communities in the Second Polish Republic.
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multiculturalism, the Second Polish Republic, national minorities, religious minorities, Jewish society, the interwar period, legal status, legislationDetails
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