Professor Masaryk Against the Manifestations of Anti-Semitism in the Czech Society: the Hilsner Affair (1899-1900)

Abstract

The author of this chapter endeavours to depict the attitude of T.G. Masaryk, then a professor at Charles University in Prague, towards manifestations of antisemitism in Czech society, as he demonstrated it during the most infamous antisemitic trial in the history of the Austrian Empire - the Hilsner Affair.

Keywords

• antisemitism
• Masaryk
• Hilsner