Hungary Bans All Jewish Papers and 4 Liberal Weeklies

Four Hungarian liberal weeklies and all Jewish newspapers were banned today under the new press law. It was reported that permission will be granted to each of three Jewish community organizations to publish one information organ. The banned Hungarian weeklies are A Reggel, Magyar Hetfoe, Reggeli Ujsag and Hetfoei Naple. The Jewish papers banned include the 34-year-old weekly Zionist organ Zsido Semle, the liberal Egyenloeseg, founded in 1882, the conservative Orszagos Egyertes and Zsido UJsag, the literary monthly Multes Joeuvoe and the independent Zsombat.

Ownership of the semi-official Pester Lloyd, most important political newspaper in Hungary, has now passed into “Aryan” hands. The newspaper, which is published in the German language and almost invariably expresses the view of the Hungarian Foreign Office, had previously been controlled by Jewish financiers. Despite the “Aryanization,” it was understood that the editorial direction of Pester Lloyd will remain in the hands of the old staff, mainly composed of Jews because it was impossible to find sufficient “Aryan” journalists, well-acquainted with the German language and whose abilities measured up to the standard of the newspaper. It was considered too dangerous to call upon members of the German minority in Hungary to fill the jobs, since most of them are influenced by Nazi propaganda and this might seriously affect the Hungarian character of the newspaper.