1900–1939
Legal persecution
Oct. 1937·Pologne
The toll is reproduced exactly as the source states it — never rounded, never added to another. Tolls overlap from one event to the next.
'ghetto benches' imposed on Jewish students in Polish universities
At the start of the academic year in October 1937, the rectors of Polish universities officially authorize "ghetto benches": Jewish students are assigned to the left side of lecture halls, separated from their fellow students. Those who refuse to sit remain standing throughout classes, sometimes for entire semesters; many are assaulted in the corridors, and some are killed in the years that follow.
The measure comes to crown years of student violence and campaigns for a numerus clausus in a Poland that was home to the largest Jewish community in Europe. Professors protest and resign, non-Jewish students stand in solidarity; the Polish university does not emerge unscathed.
- Period :
- 1900–1939
- Type :
- Persecution
- Region :
- Central and Eastern Europe
- Country :
- Pologne
Archives des rectorats polonais ; presse juive de Varsovie et travaux sur l'antisémitisme universitaire.