| LC control no. | no2017142249 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Kovács, Alajos, 1877-1963 |
| Associated country | Hungary |
| Birth date | 1877-01-06 |
| Death date | 1963-04-14 |
| Place of birth | Gyöngyöspüspöki |
| Place of death | Budapest (Hungary) |
| Field of activity | Jews--Hungary--Population--Statistics Hungary--Politics and government Hungary--Census, 1900 Hungary--Census, 1910 Statistics Racism--Hungary Antisemitism--Hungary Anti-Jewish propaganda--Hungary |
| Affiliation | Hungary. Központi Statisztikai Hivatal Magyar Tudományos Akadémia |
| Profession or occupation | Government statisticians Demographers |
| Found in | Kovács, Alajos. A csonkamagyarországi zsidóság a statisztika tükrében, 1938: title page (Dr. Kovács Alajos, államtitkár, A. M. Kir. Központi Statisztikai Hivatal NY. Elnöke) Website of The Holocaust Memorial Center (Budapest), viewed October 31, 2017 (Alajos Kovács; born Gyöngyöspüspöki, 6 January 1877; died Budapest, April 14, 1963; statistician, demographer; from 1898 he was a member of the Central Statistical Office. He participated in the 1900 and 1910 censuses, in the publishing, editing and analysis of the material. Statistical preparation and advocacy of electoral reform. From 1920 he was the correspondent member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, from 1929 until 1936, KSH President. Politically-targeted, manipulated statistical compilations, including The Struggle of Jews in Hungary (1922) and the Csonk Hungarian Jewry in the mirror of statistics (1938) significantly contributed to the spread of racist and anti-Semitic ideologies in Hungary and the birth of Jewish laws. Because of its far-right political activity, the People's Court sentenced him to five years' imprisonment and total confiscation in 1948. His punishment was later reduced to two years, released in April 1950. He lived in complete retirement in his last years.) <https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=hu&u=http://hdke.hu/tudastar/enciklopedia/kovacs-alajos&prev=search> |
| Associated language | hun |
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