19th century
Exclusion from public schools
1893·Roumanie
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Jewish children, deemed foreign, are admitted only after others and for a fee, free admission being denied to them
Romanian law did not recognize its Jews as citizens: it regarded them as foreigners, though born in the country and often for generations. Education law drew the logical consequence — Jewish children were admitted to Romania's public schools only after others, within the limit of remaining places, and against payment, free schooling being reserved for nationals. Communities responded by opening their own schools, supported by the Alliance israélite universelle, which was costly and insufficient everywhere. This exclusion from schooling, combined with exclusion from trades, is one of the direct causes of the massive emigration that emptied the Moldavian towns at the turn of the century.
- Period :
- 19th century
- Type :
- Persecution
- Region :
- Central and Eastern Europe
- Country :
- Roumanie
Carol Iancu, *Les Juifs en Roumanie* ; Simon Doubnov, *Histoire des Juifs de Russie et de Pologne* ; *Encyclopaedia Judaica*, article « Rumania ».