Győző Istóczy
Győző Istóczy ( born November 7, 1842 in Szentkereszt; † January 9, 1915 in Budapest), also Géza or Victor (from) Istóczy, was an anti -Semitic Hungarian MEP, and writer.
Life
Istóczys father was second prosecutor of Vas County. His small noble family originally enjoyed about 100 yoke of land in the county. After attending school in Szombathely Istóczy studied in 1860 in Vienna and 1861 in Pest law. He was working as a lawyer, in 1867 Vice notary, 1868 Judge since 1872 and chair in the judges chair district Vasvár. In the constituency rum he was in 1872 elected as a liberal supporters Ferenc Deak to the Hungarian Parliament. He began in 1875 under the impact of the economic success of the Jews in Hungary and apparently personal conflicts to form his own anti-Semitic movement. This movement culminated first 1882/83 in the affair of Tiszaeszlár, as a result there was unrest and Istóczy was accused of " incitement against the denominations ," but was acquitted by ten votes to two as " not guilty". Istóczy was also one of the main speakers of the first of the two international anti-Jewish Congress, which took place in Dresden in 1882. Here he appealed in several speeches to the Governments of Christian countries to defend themselves against the Jewish danger. He has played a paradoxical stimulatory role in the history of Zionism as racist supporters of expulsion of the Jews to Palestine. 1885 showed the party of anti-Semites first signs of dissolution, after Istóczy not let choose the chairman resigned for personal reasons and even from the party. Istóczy was in the elections of 1887 one of eleven members of the anti-Semites and he was again elected in 1892 as a single candidate to parliament. In 1896 he retired from public life.
Writings (selection )
- Draft Statutes of the Central Association of Non Jewish Federal of Hungary, Berlin: Hentze 1880
- The restoration of the Jewish state in Palestine. From the speeches Viktor Istóczys, held in the Hungarian House of Representatives during the Empire days of 1872-1896, Budapest 1905