The early Horthy regime’s antisemitism was quite diverse and its various features would each merit a separate analysis this time I will only focus on one specific perhaps less discussed characteristic of early 20th-century Hungarian antisemitism Szabó eventually became a critic of the Arrow Cross The type of antisemitism in question is not about anti-capitalism or anti-communism nor is it about anti-urbanism or anti-Judaism It is a rather complex and peculiar approach to antisemitism: it is the ‘envy’ of the perceived racial consciousness and strong national character of the Jews which can essentially be summarized as: ‘Yes ‘Few things better illustrate the antisemitic recycling of certain Jewish concepts than the quote “Every Hungarian is responsible for every Hungarian.”’ Could it be that Szabó Dezső ‘stole’ a quote from Judaism and used it for his own purposes This would not be surprising coming from him as he was known for being provocative; once he announced that he was going to be a Romanian writer and move to Romania (of course Harsányi accused the Jews of having taken trade away from the Hungarians and suggested that it be reclaimed with a kind of ‘holy’ selfishness The only problem is that he did not cite Szabó we might think we are closer to the answer and it’s clear that Szabó didn’t use it first the source raises more questions than it answers ‘Szabó laments that ‘transcendent selfishness has disappeared from the Hungarian nation’ Szabó criticizes the dominance of a foreign group (the Jews) over the Hungarian nation and laments the lack of Hungarian selfishness which he even gives a religious (transcendent) character a call to action: when will the Hungarian people finally become like this since the quote was already cited from Szabó in 1939 The compilation by Szőcs provides another clue: that Szabó also referred to the same idea in a 1943 speech so it seems there were (and could still be) unpublished texts It is possible that Szabó had been repeating the idea since 1938 but the thought could indeed have originated from him it is very likely—though not definitively proven yet—that the Dezső Szabó quote which has now become widespread across the full political spectrum of Hungarian public life is essentially a ‘borrowed’ Talmudic quote [1] Harry Hill Bandholtz [2] Chaim Bloch Unknown Episodes and Personal Recollections’ [3] Iratok az ellenforradalom történetéhez Az ellenforradalom hatalomrajutása és rémuralma Magyarországon [4] Private papers of István Lendvai [5] Zsilinszky Endre [6] Pritz Pál ‘A fajvédők külpolitikai nézetei (1918–1936)’ [7] Bucsay Mihály A protestantizmus története Magyarországon [8] Egyenlőség [9] https://epa.oszk.hu/00000/00022/00566/17681.htm [10] Vladimir Jabotinsky [11] Téglás János [12] Talmud Bavli [13] Érd [15] https://hvg.hu/elet/20221007_Menczer_plagium_SzaboDezso [16] Sárospataki Református Lapok [17] Kárpáti Magyar Hírlap [18] Békésmegyei Hírlap [19] Ifjú Erdély [20] Szabó Dezső füzetek I thank historian Dávid Kovács for calling my attention to this [21] Szabó Dezső-enciklopédia [22] Szabó Dezső füzetek Hungarian Conservative is a quarterly magazine on contemporary political philosophical and cultural issues from a conservative perspective.