Invisible Jewish Budapest: Metropolitan Culture at the Fin de Siecle Betty Azar Laura helped hundreds of thousands

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Invisible Jewish Budapest: Metropolitan Culture at the Fin de Siecle Betty Azar Laura helped hundreds of thousandsNearly a quarter of the population of Budapest at the fin de sile was Jewish. This demographic fact appears startling primarily because of its virtual absence from canonical histories of the city. Famed for its cosmopolitan culture and vibrant nightlife, Budapest owed much to its Jewish population. Indeed, it was Jews who helped shape the city's complex urban modernity between 1867 and 1914. Yet these contributions were often unacknowledged, leading