Editing Numerus clausus (section)

=== Hungary ===

The Hungarian ''numerus clausus'' was introduced in 1920. The law formally placed limits on the number of minority students at universities and legalized corporal punishment. Though the text did not use the term ''Jew'', it was nearly the only group overrepresented in higher education. The policy is often seen as the first anti-Jewish act of twentieth century Europe.<ref>Péter Tibor Nagy, [http://mek.oszk.hu/03700/03797/03797.htm#7 The "numerus clausus" policy of antisemitism or policy of higher education], in ''The social and political history of Hungarian education''</ref>

Its aim was to restrict the number of Jews to 6 percent, which was their proportion in Hungary at that time; the rate of Jewish students was approximately 15% in the 1910s.<ref name="ReferenceA">Miklos Molnar, ''A Concise History of Hungary'', CUP, 2001</ref> In 1928 &ndash; also because of the pressure of liberal capital and League of Nations &ndash; the act was modified and the passage of the ethnicity quota had been eliminated.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://regi.sofar.hu/hu/node/13270 |title=A Numerus Clausus módosítása - The modification of the Numerus Clausus law |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=regi.sofar.hu}}</ref> In the period of 1938–1945 the anti-Jewish acts were revitalised and eventually much worsened, partly due to [[German Nazi]] pressure, and in hope of revising the [[Treaty of Trianon]] with the help of Germany.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>