Vasile Conta (; hy, Վասիլե Գրիգորեիի Կոնտա (Գոնտա); November 15, 1845 – April 21, 1882) was a

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, a ...

n philosopher, poet, and politician. He was born in Ghindăoani, a village in

Bălțătești Bălțătești is a commune in Neamț County, Western Moldavia, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Bălțătești, Valea Arini, and Valea Seacă. It also included Ghindăoani village until 2003, when it was split off to form Ghindăoan ...

commune,

Neamț County Neamț County () is a county (județ) of Romania, in the historic region of Moldavia, with the county seat at Piatra Neamț. The county takes its name from the Neamț River. Demographics Population In 2011, it had a population of 470,76 ...

. He died in

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Antisemitism

He was the true founder of the Romanian ideological antisemitism. His criteria were no longer those of a socioeconomic nature; they were derived from the "nationalities principle," nationalities as units of race and religion, forming the basis of existence of a state and a homogenous nation.

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Antisemitism in Romania People from Neamț County Romanian philosophers Romanian Ministers of Education 19th-century Romanian poets Romanian male poets Romanian people of Armenian descent Romanian socialists 1845 births 1882 deaths Burials at Eternitatea cemetery 19th-century male writers Romanian Ministers of Culture {{Romania-bio-stub