1. Jakob Bleyer was a Hungarian German studies scholar, literary scholar, MP of Hungarian-German origin, and the Hungarian Minister for National Minorities from 1919 to 1920.
10 Facts About Jakob Bleyer
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Jakob Bleyer was born into a German-speaking peasant family on 25 January 1874 in Tscheb, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary in the region Batschka.
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Jakob Bleyer studied German and Hungarian philology at the University of Budapest.
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In 1903 and 1904 Bleyer studied in Munich and Leipzig.
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Jakob Bleyer completed his habilitation in 1905 and then became a private lecturer at the University of Budapest.
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Jakob Bleyer was a corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences since 1910.
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Between 15 August 1919 and 16 December 1920, Jakob Bleyer was Minister for National Minorities of the Christian-nationalist governments.
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Jakob Bleyer placed a special focus on the rural population and German-speaking illiteracy.
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Jakob Bleyer feared due to the increasing Magyarization a "neglect of the German-speaking minorities in the country", since in his opinion this could not be assimilated linguistically because of their low level of education.
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Jakob Bleyer was politically in favor of an independent Magyar-led kingdom.