Hungary passed the first anti-Semitic law in postwar Europe: Law XXV, which established a university quota and significantly reduced the number of Jews eligible for academic education. Jews were considered a separate nationality (even though they were not yet). Although they were not directly mentioned in the law, university admissions were restricted to students who were nationally and morally loyal to Hungary. Its implementing decree, however, explicitly mentioned Jews, setting a maximum quota of 6% at universities, corresponding to the percentage of Jews in Hungary. The percentage of Jews had previously been around 25%. No restrictions were applied to any other nationality, apart from Jews.
