Jewish laws Hungary

Before its occupation by Germany in 1944, the Hungarian government under Miklós Horthy enacted three main anti-Jewish laws: The First Jewish Law (May 1938) established quotas restricting the number of Jews in certain white-collar jobs and business sectors. The Second Jewish Law (May 1939) defined Jews in racial terms and restricted voting rights. The Third Jewish Law (August 1941) banned marriages between Jews and non-Jews. From the summer of 1940, hundreds were seized for forced labor camps. However, the Hungarian government refused to deport the majority of its Jewish population to German labor and extermination camps despite its alliance with Germany and the Axis powers. It was not until Germany moved to occupy Hungary that Jews were forced to wear a badge indicating their ethnicity, moved into ghettos, and deported en masse to Auschwitz.