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The Image of Galician Jews in Croatian Satirical Journals from the End of the 19th Century

The Jews who settled in Croatia at the end of the 19th century mostly came from the neighbouring Hungarian counties (Sopron, Vas, Zala, Somogy, Baranya and Moson) and some from the Czech Republic, Austria, Moravia, and distant Galicia. When the mid-19th century Hungarian Jewry was split between the Reformed (Neolog) and Orthodox Judaism, the Reformed had already prevailed in Croatia. At the time when humorous and satirical journals started to be published in Croatia, there were very few Orthodox Jewish congregations, as well as Galician Jews, but we find them as the subject of ridicule. On the basis of comparison of satirical journals published at the end of the 19th century in Croatia, the cartoons and jokes about Galician Jews will be discussed. The analysis has show that Croatian humorous and satirical journals were often a copy of the already known humorous and satirical journals - Berlin Fliegende Blätter and British Punch, and that the image of the Galician Jews is not a reflection of the reality in Croatian.

Galician Jews; Croatian satirical journal; Croatia; Caricatures

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