On Romanians…
I was born in Romania and am of ethnic Hungarian, unfortunately…I never liked Romanians and I never will. Liars, thieves they got it all in their genes, they are the plague of Europe!
Comment by Another Romanian — April 10, 2007 @ 10:39 pm
Then you must be really stupid…if you can judge an entire country so quickly! I hope you moved to another country…we do not need hateful people…no matter their ethnic background!
A Romanian
Comment by Mirela — April 14, 2007 @ 5:38 pm
Nice blog!
Comment by Livette — April 17, 2007 @ 9:10 am
Don’t worry, Romanians never liked Hungarians and they never will. Liars (about the history), thieves (they just want more land - part of Romania, part of Slovakia etc.) they got it all in their genes, they are the barbarians of Europe!
Comment by Shumi — April 20, 2007 @ 12:40 pm
Ooouuu you’re so stupid remember that in spite of you’re ethnic you will always be a Romanian,you will never change that and in the only thing in what you’re different with the rest of the Romanians it’s you’re racist education.
So what you really hate,the Romanians, really ? do you hate yourself?
Think it twice before writing this stupidities.
-by the way Hungarians aren’t so loved in Europe like you think so
Comment by respondig to this dumb — April 23, 2007 @ 12:09 am
Tour comments are shallow … Just go to a restaurant in Budapest (let’s say near the National Museum - an area full with turists) and see if the bill matches your order or even if what you have order is written down on the bill (except some numbers written by hand) … If that isn’t cheating …
And you can say that about Italians, Polish, Czech, Albanians, Greeks, Bulgarians, Moldavians, Ukrainians …. even Hungarians.
The truth that your hate doesn’t have a basis and if a I recollect well, nowadays Hungarians do have an inferiority complex not beeing part of an emipre or so.I hate to brake it to you … but you should move on… and live your life without having your soul chained.
Is it that bad, that the countries around you now have their own choice to the future?
And remember,if you have your heart open and you show respect, you will most of the time be treated good by a anyone around you.
Good luck! … And travel some more.
Comment by European — April 25, 2007 @ 8:42 am
The nicest people I’ve met in my last travel were Hungarians…I must say that I am also nice
Comment by darian — April 27, 2007 @ 1:26 pm
OK, azt hiszem te hulye vagy…
Just explaining the guy that he is stupid in his/our own language
Saying what you said about the population of the country you live in and who pay for your education is very nice, no?
Actually there still is a part of the hungarian people who think like this.. usually those without too much school. I apologise for them, guys. Actually the only times I got burglered it was by “hungarians” right when I lived in M-Ciuc :)) I don’t say romanians don’t have their problems which we all know about.. I just don’t like aggresive and stupid points of view.. if you were raised like this.. shoot your parents cause they fucked up your whole future life
Fuck this, we should be working together to make something better..
Comment by Sandor — May 4, 2007 @ 9:20 am
well done, Sandor — that you took the time to post I mean.
These idiots are just a minority (imho, of course), but they are so bloody vocal that most reasonable people get so disgusted by this ‘rethoric’ that they don’t say anything.
So in the end we get the impression that this is it, this frustrated crap is ‘popular culture’, the real thing. Then comes a media guy, and broadcast becomes political line. We gotta change this.
Comment by tudor — May 6, 2007 @ 1:07 pm
I don’t even think such idiotic comments are worth a reply. I will, however, say that your comments reveal you as a racist and that is a cross that will have to bear all your life. I feel sorry for you.
Comment by B — May 9, 2007 @ 12:08 pm
I am a Canadian and have been living in Bucharest for five months. I have travelled Romania and Hungary revelling in the diverse ethnicity. The previous five years were spent in the Middle East in peace and a year in war (Iraq). I have seen the best and the worst life has to give. A Romanian family has taken me into their hearts and home and made me feel as one with them. I have never experienced this in Canada or anywhere else for that matter (not to say that its not there). Several times while shopping in Romania I have paid too much for an item (my ignorance) only to have the shop keeper come after me to give back the over payment I mistakenly made. Everywhere I go Romanians are friendly, helpful, courteous and kind. The only problem I have had in the past five months was while in Hungary. This has not put me off Hungarians at all, I have seen this behaviour in all countries I have visited. People are people evrywhere and in general all they want in life are the same basic things, a better life for their children and to live in peace. The fellow who wrote the original blog sounds like people I have read about from the Nazi and communist eras. He claims to be an ethnic Hungarian but forgets he is in fact a Romanian. Canada was founded by and is full of people of diverse ethnicities, but we are all people first, Canadians second and tend to celebrate the differences. I do hope this person never comes to Canada but feel sorry for my Romanian brothers and sisters that they are stuck with him. It really does take all kinds and I think he was who the sentiment was written for.
You have a great country and people Romania, the best is yet to come, be patient.
Comment by Ted — June 2, 2007 @ 11:48 am
I agree with Ted’s comment. I am Romanian (born and raised in the southern part, went to college in Cluj…at times I felt on my cortex the bigotry). It is the same everywhere you go. It is called survival instinct. Education, personal beliefs, and the surrounding culture can “shape” it but never abolish it. I don’t have time to develop on it but this is my 10 cents opinion. BTW…I live in US now and is the same here.
Comment by NotSoImportant — August 5, 2007 @ 6:26 pm
Hungarians in Transylvania (now in roma-nia) are NOT roma-nians, they never were, and they never will be! Transylvania was given to roma.nia in the Trianon Diktat of 1920.
Stop telling Hngarians they are anything else! It would be a good idea to give back Hungary all the lost regions of Greater Hungary that should never have left our nation!
Nem! Nem! Soha!
Éljen a MAGYAR!
Comment by Magyar Csaba — September 19, 2007 @ 12:57 am
you history knowledge is horrible!
Transilvania wasn’t given to Romania, it was won by romanians at the end of the War in 1918, and it’s unification with Romania was realised not by conquer but by self-proclamation from the majority of population in Transilvania, wich was, is and will be ROMANIAN. I know you are unaware of this but you are denying the principles of self-determination of the nations. And I am sure that you were born with a romanian citizenship if you are a hungarian from Transylvania but if you don’t consider yourself a romanian at all then the answer is simple…GO TO HUNGARY! OR AT LEAST..SHUT UP!
Comment by Bogdan — September 21, 2007 @ 2:15 pm
ACTALLY SORRY, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TOO TELL YOUR IDIOTIC OPINIONS AS IT IS YOUR RIGHT OF FREE SPEECH, WHATEVER YOUR IDIOCRISIES ARE…
Comment by Bogdan — September 21, 2007 @ 2:16 pm
I wonder how are men in Cluj. Are they homophobic?
Comment by yor — October 20, 2007 @ 9:21 am
Are Romanian men homophobic? What do they think of Asians?
Comment by yor — October 23, 2007 @ 1:37 am
Dear Csaba,
Been blind and confused for so long is not true,
Let a woman rise the shit of your eyes from you,..
Comment by LZ — October 29, 2007 @ 11:37 am
Hey…you that wrote the article…stop being a racist, go back to the history book and rethink you existence. Your brain has probably been damaged by either your parents who are probably the same as you or by some unfortunate circumstances.
If you are born in Romania, then you are a Romanian, your ethnicity may be Hungarian, but you are a Romanian. If you hate Romania and all about it that much go in your country which you are so fond of. But I am sure that they wouldn’t want you back. You know why? Because to Hungarians, a Romanian of Hungarian ethnicity is not worthy at all.
So stop crapping the Internet about how much you hate Romanians, get a life, become Human and you taste the real life. You are so into denigrating Romanians that you forget how to enjoy life. Romanians are as good as any other nation, belonging to a nation does not make you better or worse, is the way you become in your existence. I have friends from different ethnicities ( American, Hungarian, Romanian, French) but the fact that I met stupid and ignorant Americans, or Hungarian thief does not make all the people alike. You should know that and accept the fact that people are people in the first place and after that they belong to a country and ethnicity.
So in conclusion ( I really try not to be as evil as you deserve) stop for a second form whatever you are doing and start thinking straight. Take people for what they are not for what you expect them to be, and you life will be so much better. If you hate Romanians that much, then you should have no problem not writing about them anymore. Wont do you any good. You will only make your life more miserable that it probably is. And one more thing. Get laid and start living your life! It’s way to short to waste it with idiosyncrasy like tha ones you are writing.
Comment by The Toothfairy — November 10, 2007 @ 10:06 am
Hey. I’m Romanian, currently living in the Netherlands and i have found out that people, once they go abroad tend to forget about their ethnicity and the conflicts that have fed their whole existence. First of all, I do not agree with people that teach you that your mentality is wrong. I can bet that most of them are racists themselves - not a complete generalization, but let’s admit that most people in Romania and not only have something against gypsies (personally, i cannot be accused of any racism). The idea is that what most Hungarians or Romanians are doing at the moment is to run around their own tail, pretending that another war would solve their territorial claims or whatever they desire. Let’s admit it, things are ok the way they are, we just go for more because of hatred that does not fit in any context at the moment. It’s just like we would look now at the Germans like they are Hitler’s followers or at the black people as a bunch of criminals. We do not have reasons to support such ideas, we lack the basis of rational thought. I have found here in NL a very big community of people from different ethnic backgrounds that manage to live a very nice life not influenced by stereotypes. I’m not saying this is perfect, but maybe we should see the relationships between us as people as more tolerating regarding EVERYTHING. For example, I could not judge my Hungarian friend and blame her because people of the same ethnicity as her are trying to ’steal’ land from Romania. That is not what defines her and that is certainly what i will never see in anyone. Nor will i judge a Turkish person for occupying my country or for killing my ancestors during the many wars in the Middle Ages. That is childish. That is going against the path we should be following. We are all people taht received an education, not savages, haters, flesh eaters. I refuse to believe that living in a community is that difficult. If students like me, not that well educated as people that are already working and have families and a lot more responsibilities, can make it, then all the others should be handling it better. And also do not teach your children to hate! Nothing differentiates you from another person but place of birth and color of skin. We all start from there and it’s all circumstances. This is not the way we can live in a globalizing society: not alone by separating ourselves as a nation on purpose! I strongly believe this.
Have a nice day! Diana
Comment by forget my name — November 12, 2007 @ 5:36 am
Italian MEP Alessandra Mussolini, the grand-daughter of fascist dictator Benito Mussolini, reportedly described Romanians as “habitual law-breakers”.
Comment by Alessandra Mussolini — November 29, 2007 @ 1:44 am
hey, please don’t hate, appreciate. i am Romanian and i know Romania is somewhat corrupt but its a nice place if u know your way around it. and if u were born in Romanian that means that u are Romanian so don’t hate yourself please.
Comment by darialois — December 23, 2007 @ 12:48 am
To the original poster and other Romanian-born Hungarians who hate the Romanian people or country.
Nobody forces you to live in Romania. You are free to go to Hungary any time, and that country is willing to receive you. Just leave.
Comment by anonymous — January 28, 2008 @ 3:02 am
I HAD A ROMANIAN BOYFRIEND FOR 2 YEARS THEY ARE DISRESPECTFUL N LIARS THIS IS TRU BUT THEY CAN ALSO B SWEET PEOPLE I FEEL THEY ARE IGNORANT PEOPLE WITH INFOROIRITY COMPLEX BECAUSE THEY DO PUT EVERYONE N EVERYTHING DOWN THAT THEY DONT KNOW OR UNDERSTAND N R VERY RACIST PEOPLE BUT WHAT CAN U EXPECT FROM A COUNTRY THAT ALLOWS GYPSIES TO BE TREATED SO BADLY N B SEGREGATED I FEEL THAT THEY R CLOSE MINDED PEOPLE THAT NEED A WAKE UP CALL BUT IM PRETTY SURE THERE ARE MANY COUNTRIES IN EUROPE JUST LIKE THIS
Comment by an american — February 2, 2008 @ 10:23 am
hahahaha…so funny!!!…ignorant and close minded? ok but you as “an american” should go and check your spelling, and vocabulary as well!
heh, and we’re the ignorant ones…
Comment by Bogdan — February 4, 2008 @ 12:17 pm
Badly treated gypsies in Romania ?!? What is wrong with you, mrs. (or mr.) american ? They are liars and thieves and thrive on violence and give romanians a bad name. Very unfortunate for romanians this name “rroma” which has been adopted by E.U. with a secret plan, to confuse people and eventually dump all gypsies in Romania as their home and get rid of their filthy presence all over the world. In France, on their ID’s is clearly specified “gitane”. It should be done over here as well. For the next comment on the subject, please do your research first mrs. or mr. american. On hungarians, personally I do not even bother to have a view, I just don’t care. A small percentage in the hungarian community in Romania is having indeed behavioural issues but no one gives them credit. For a mad dog you won’t burn down the whole barn. And for “Alessandra Mussolini”… check your own backyard before making such comments.
Comment by Catalin — February 5, 2008 @ 8:10 pm
Oh, the self-righteous people (i.e. the american, the fascist Mussolini, and the like)! Would you stop! You don’t know worth shit. Mussolini, check your history and see whether or not there was a time when the Italians immigrated to Romania (I think sometime in the 50’s…)So which Romanians are you talking about: the ones of Italian descent?
And to “the american”: don’t even get me started… George W. Bush epitomizes (is that too big of word for you, if so let me know so I can break it down) the ignorance and the mess the American policy has done so far: Iraq, Afganistan, the subprime mortgage lending rate, and sooo much more; all of which has not only affected your people, but has affected entire international markets. The world is a mess because the very traits you are accusing the Romanians of: liars, disrespectul, ignorant and closed minded. Pull your head out of your ass and put the that meth-fried-brain-cell to good use for once and THINK, before you speak!
Comment by pappy — February 12, 2008 @ 6:22 am
hey american, how old are you anyways. You write like a teenager who’s texting his/her dumbass friend about some discounts on jelly beans he/she found at Wall-Mart.
Comment by pappy — February 12, 2008 @ 6:26 am
before making any comments - does alessandra musolini knows to read or write?…Italy has the highest percentage of illeterate peoples arround 3,3 milions..hungarians are just naturall liers and major thiefs…some small examples: romanian old “ie” from 18 century - traditional romanian peaseants blouse found in budapest magazines to be sold as “hungarian traditional”..romanian music like “the lark”-ciocarlia - is sold on CD-ies as “traditional hungarian music”…romanian folkloric dances copied and so on…i saw in Duna TV the famous traditional romanian “calusarii” an old probaly thracian dance and they were saying that is hungarian ..and finally i found on a CD in budapest with hungarian music from transilvania a song called …”Alyunellu”..for romanians is “Alunelu” and “alun” means chesnut tree in romanian i am wondering what the hell means in hungarian - and of course on the back of the CD- mentioned that is “hungarian moldavian csango music”…i could continue like that for years but i don’t have time ..conclusion:
Hungarians are a nation whithout identity - everything they have it is coppied from neighbours(slavic,romanian,german,etc)or from gypsies-folklore ,towns,..etc…what is really bad for us romanians is they gradually stolen our identity and we should start to do something against this process.
remember:3 september 1944 - Gheorgheni - 138 romanians decapitated
Comment by forverde — February 22, 2008 @ 10:32 am
Transylvania was Hungarian for a Thousand years
As part of the Hungarian Kingdom
As an Independent Hungarian Principality
As part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire
Transylvania was part and parcel of the Hungarian Kingdom, or an independent Hungarian Principality for over a thousand years.
As an integral part of the Hungarian Kingdom, Transylvania and Kolozsvár was drawn into the Western Christian Culture Circle at the beginning of the eleventh century. The architecture of old Transylvanian cities, such as Nagyvárad , Kolozsvár , Marosvásárhely, Brassó or Dés bear witness to this fact. Besides a few scattered ruins of Roman fortifications, destroyed by the retreating Roman legions in 271 A.D., no sign of any kind would indicate a trace of an older established culture preceding the arrival of the Hungarians. Not even the legends, folk tales, ballads or folk songs of any one of the cohabiting ethnic groups suggest anything of this kind, except the oldest Hungarian (Székely) legends which date back to the time of Attila and the empire of the Huns.
If we examine the folk art, which is the most tell-tale expression of early influences, we find that the embroideries and architecture of the Transylvanian Germans relates to the embroideries and architecture of those districts of Germany where these settlers came from in the 12th and 13th centuries. In the same way, the folk art of the Transylvanian Romanians is identical with those of Moldavia and Wallachia, and they clearly show the Slavic influences, the Bulgarian, Greek, and important Albanian motifs, picked up by the migrating Vlach herdsmen on their way from the Albanian border to their present location. On the other hand, the famous art creations of the Transylvanian Hungarians, like those of Kalotaszeg, Csík, Haromszék, Udvarhely carry a basic similarity with those of other parts of Hungary, and clearly relate back to ancient Turanian (Scythian) motifs of Sumeria and Babilon.
Due to the close relations of the medieval Hungarian Kingdom with the West, talented Transylvanians found their ways to the early Universities of Europe as early as the 12th and 13th centuries. The very first student whose name became officially registered at the University of Oxford in 1193, was Miklós of Hungary, son of Kende, nobleman of Transylvania. During the 15th century there were three famous Hungarian doctors on the faculty of the University of Bologna, and one of them, Péter Pál Apati of Torda, later founded the “Free Collegium of the Noble Sciences”, established in his hometown, Torda, then moved to Kolozsvár (today Cluj) by King Matthias. After the two Hungarian Universities were established, Pécs in 1367, and Buda in 1389, many Transylvanians sent their sons there, some of whom, after returning home, founded one by one the “Collegiums” of High Learning in Nagyenyed, Gyulafehérvar, Kolozsvár, Nagyvárad, Brassó, Arad, Zilah and Marosvásárhely.
Due to the ecclesiastical domination of Rome as in other Western empires, the official language of science and administration in the Hungarian Kingdom was Latin. Therefore it was only in 1527 that the first book was printed in the Hungarian language in Kolozsvár. In 1598 there were already 24 printing establishments in Transylvania, publishing by that date 382 books, of which 368 were in the Hungarian language. There were 18 Transylvanian Hungarians enroled at the Wittenberg University in the year of 1586. Many Transylvanian Hungarians were teaching at famous Western Universities, while several famous Western scientists, such as Martin Opitz, John Alstead, Henry Bisterfeld and Isaac Basire taught in Transylvanian colleges during the 16th and 17th centuries. In 1545 the complete translation of the Bible appeared in the Hungarian language, printed in Kolozsvár. Shortly after, in 1582, financed by Hungarians and translated by Hungarians. the Bible was published in the Vlach language. In the 14th century two Transylvanian Hungarian brothers, Márton and György Kolozsvári, were famous sculptors. Most of their works were demolished through the many wars, except the well known statue of St.George in the city of Prague, which is today recognized as one of the greatest monuments of Gothic sculpture.
Thus Transylvania, as part of Hungary, became the center of Hungarian culture. During the most troubled times of Central European history, when the conflict between Catholicism and Protestantism set fire to the emotions, in Transylvania the Hungarian preacher and philosopher Ferenc Dávid (1535-1579) was able to found and establish the Unitarian Church, and persuade the Congress of Torda in 1568 to declare, for the first time in the world, the freedom of religion.
It is indeed not accidental that man’s God-given right to choose his own religion and to worship freely and undisturbed was first recognized and legalized in Transylvania. This was a direct result of the Hungarian concept of freedom, as well as the respect toward the freedom of others, which permeated the entire Hungarian state-concept, and enabled the Hungarians to rule the Carpathian Basin successfully for a thousand years. This secured free development to every ethnic group which asked permission to settle within the Hungarian borders.
Even after 1711, when Hungarian political independence was completely lost to Habsburg oppression, Hungarian culture in Transylvania not only kept in step with the cultural evolution of the rest of the country, but in many instances it became the guiding force of spiritual and cultural resistance. In fields of sciences, art and literature, Transylvania became the torch-bearer to the rest of oppressed Hungary. The same phenomenon repeated itself after 1849, when the Liberty War was crushed by the combined forces of Austria and Russia, and the darkness of revengeful oppression fell upon Hungary for the second time.
It might be interesting to note that the first English-Tibetan dictionary was published in 1834 by a young Transylvanian Hungarian explorer, Sándor Kõrösi Csoma. The era between 1820 and 1867 is also regarded by many as the “golden age” of Hungarian national literature, brought forth by Habsburg oppression. Many of the great names in Hungarian literature were from Transylvania, such as Ferenc Kazinczy (1759-1831), Ferenc Kölcsey (1790-183
Mihály Tompa (1817-186 
and others.
In 1867 the “reconciliation” between Emperor Franz Joseph and the Hungarian nation opened the gates toward industrialization and economic upswing. Though economic progress was much slower reaching into Transylvania than in other parts of Hungary - due to distances, lack of roads, etc. - the revitalization of the Hungarian culture reached a new peak in Kolozsvár and the other Transylvanian cities. During the glorious years of the “millennium”, Transylvania proudly celebrated its thousand-year-old cultural heritage within the framework of the thousand-year-old Hungarian national frontiers.
When in 1919 the Rumanian army occupied Transylvania, and the brutal persecution of Hungarian officials, clergymen, educators and other intellectuals began with unprecedented Balkanic ferocity, Hungarian stamina was put to test. In Kolozsvár the Romanian army killed the major of the city on Christmas Eve and massacred innocent civilians of Hungarian nationality without any consideration on children, women and elders. The civilized World was shocked by the cruel and barbarian methods of the Rumanian army.
Within a few weeks all geographical locations were renamed, from cities down to the most remote villages. Kolozsvár was changed overnight into Cluj, Nagyvárad into Oradea, Marosvásárhely into Tirgu Mures, Temesvár into Timisoara, etc. Many names were simply translated, such as Disznós into Porcu, Medvepatak into Ursu, Nagybánya into Baia Mare, Szentegyed into Sinte Jude, etc. Street markers were replaced and streets renamed. Those who were born and raised in one of the Transylvanian towns, and lived there all their lives, suddenly had to change their old established home address to a new-one, in a foreign language they did not even know how to pronounce. City halls, court houses, district offices, post offices, railroad stations were filled with new officials, imported from across the mountains, who did not speak the language of the population. Huge signs appeared everywhere: VORBITI NUMAI RUMUNESTI ! Speak only Rumanian. Those citizens who were unable to obey these signs because did not speak the Romanian language, were refused service, abused, and sometimes even beaten by the new police.
The urban intellectuals of Transylvania suffered the most. Put out of their jobs, many of them were forced to leave the country. Others shifted into commerce or industry. Some of them became labourers, while many rallied around the only bulwarks left for Transylvanian culture: the churches, church-affiliated schools, and other cultural institutions, such as libraries, museums, civic societies, benevolent organizations, etc which were not yet dependent on the State. Rigid censorship was instituted by the Rumanian government toward Hungarian publications of any kind. In spite of this, by 1926 Transylvania had more Hungarian monthly periodicals, weekly publication, and daily newspapers than ever before. It was the automatic reaction of Hungarian national consciousness taking refuge in culture against the brutal oppression of a foreign and inferior civilization. Gy. Zathureczky writes in his book “Transylvania, Citadel of the West” (Danubian Press, 1967) page 46: “The Transylvania (Hungarian) Press, suffering under heavy censorship, lost its provincial character and rose to European level. The Transylvanian Literary Guild and the Transylvania Helikon gathered the writers and established a Hungarian Publishing Co-operative. A new and specifically Transylvanian literature was born. Struggling against poverty, and harassed by Romanian authorities, the Transylvanian Hungarian stage reached an unprecedented peak against all odds.” In spite of the brutal political and economical oppression of a Balkan force, Transylvania remained part of the Western Culture. Just as an Austrian journalist aptly observed in the “Wiener Tagblatt”, July 27, 1934: “Travelling through Transylvania one cannot help noticing that while the policeman on the street corner speaks only Romanian, within the walls of old town houses there is a very lively Hungarian cultural life going on, discussing with foreign guests Western ideas, Western literature, Western art, sometimes in three or four languages in the same time - none of which happens to be the language of the policeman down on the corner …”. Further down he stated: “The very fact that in those highly cultured Transylvanian circles everyone knows the names of German, French, English and American writers, scientists, actors, painters, but no one seems to know anything that goes on in Bucharest, shows clearly that in spite of the so-called ‘peace treaties’ the cultural boundaries between East and West are still firmly drawn on the ridges of the Carpathians …”
Even 20 years after the Rumanian take-over, Transylvania supported 38 periodicals in the Hungarian language, 5 Hungarian literary societies, and 12 Hungarian publishing houses. Twenty-seven Hungarian writers in Transylvania had one or more books published in foreign countries, while the Hungarian theatre of Kolozsvár was regarded by talent scouts all over the world as the springboard to fame for talented actors and actresses. Hungarian painters of Transylvania frequently toured Europe with their exhibits, and the Hungarian folk art of Kalotaszeg, Csík, Háromszék and Udvarhely reached the foreign markets with their embroidery and wood carvings.
In spite of the political oppression and the strong economical discrimination, the dominant culture in Transylvania remained the Western oriented Hungarian culture, followed by the German in the German districts. Those few Rumanian authors, poets and artists who were born Transylvanians, were absorbed by Bucharest and the “Regat” (Old Kingdom), and had no contact whatsoever with the representatives of either the Hungarian or the German cultural circles in Transylvania. The name of Octavian Goga, the excellent Romanian poet, who though born in Transylvania, became known only among Hungarians and Germans after he was selected by the king of Romania to be the prime-minister of the country.
In August 1940, when Northern Transylvania was returned to the Mother Country, it took only one day for such cities as Kolozsvár, Nagyvárad, Marosvásárhely to wipe off every trace of a Romanian occupation, and turn back into the thriving Hungarian cities they had been for hundreds of years. However, after World War II. when the Russian army handed Transylvania over to the Romanian government as a compensation for Bessarabia, all this has changed drastically. Hungarian publishing establishments were shut down. Within the new Romanian framework one single state-owned publishing establishment was formed to “serve the Hungarian cultural needs”, not in Transylvania, but in Bucharest. This establishment, named “Kriterion”, was allowed to publish only government-approved material, mostly translations from Romanian and Russian, and only a few ideologically sterilized Hungarian authors in limited editions.
Even Hungarian language Bibles, donated by American Presbyterian Churches to the Transylvanian Calvinist Church were confiscated and turned into toilet paper. Public monuments, statues, historic markers were systematically destroyed and replaced with new ones, reflecting the new Romanian-dictated atmosphere. Old tombstones were destroyed, ancient churches “remodelled” in such a way that they lost their Hungarian character. The entire history was re-written, and the newly created false “history” is systematically introduced to the new generations. Even those very few Hungarian-language schools which are still left to operate must teach this falsified history to their pupils, according to which Transylvania is the “original homeland” of the Rumanian people, and the Hungarians were the “intruders” who ruled the native Rumanians by terror. According to the law, the presence of two Romanian children in any school suffice to have the language of instruction changed from Hungarian to Romanian. In schools where the language of instructions is Romanian, the children are forbidden to speak Hungarian among themselves, even during recess. Those children who disobey this rule are severely beaten by their teachers. Since the Romanian government has already brought more than 600,000 new Romanian settlers into Transylvania from Bessarabia, Bukovina and other parts of “old Romania” while in the same time deporting more than 300,000 Hungarians from their native land, it is clear that there is a well-planned cultural genocide going on, fully using the “unlimited possibilities” and brutalities of a totalitarian regime. During the second Word War half a million of Hungarians and Hungarian speaking Jews were killed by Romanian Army and other paramilitary organizations.
In order to destroy every trace of the past, the Romanian government first nationalized, then systematically destroyed every old document preserved in Church archives, museums, libraries or private homes.
It is indeed fortunate that many of the ancient Transylvanian documents, dating back as far as the 11th century, were transferred to the Hungarian National Archives in Budapest, some before World War I, and others during World War II. Thus, in spite of all the Rumanian efforts to eradicate the past, the true history of Transylvania can still be proven by thousands of ancient documents and the traces of the once great Western-oriented culture of the Hungarians in Transylvania can still be found in libraries and museums, not in Hungary alone, but also in Austria, Germany, Italy, France, England, and the United States of America.
The Romanian culture is entirely different from that known as the “Transylvanian culture”, which is in reality a regional diversity of the West-oriented Hungarian culture. The Rumanian culture is Balkan-oriented, and specifically Rumanian, based on the history of the Vlach migration from South across to Albania, and from there up to Wallachia and Moldavia. It was brought forth by Balkan influences, just as the Romanian language itself, which is composed, according to the Romanian linguist Cihac, “of 45.7% Slavic, 31.5% Latin, 8.4% Turkish, 7% Greek, 6% Hungarian and 0.6% Albanian words.” Even today, the Romanian culture as such, has no roots in Transylvania. It is being “imported” constantly and purposefully from Bucharest into the Transylvanian province in order to crowd out and replace the traditional Hungarian culture of this conquered and subjugated land.
Future of Transylvania and its capital Kolozsvár is to return to Central Europe and to Hungarian Culture where it belongs. Transylvania was GIVEN to Romania in 1921, and again in 1947, without a plebiscite. This notorious Treaty is known as The Diktat of Trianon, Hungarians were forced to sign in Paris. Ever since Transylvania was awarded to Romania, Hungarians, Germans and other ethnic minorities have suffered at the hands of Romanian Chauvinists. They have consistently and systematically been subjest to forced assimilation and persecution. Romania is probably the most xenophobic country in Europe today. Romanians in cities like Marosvásárhely (targu mures) and Kolozsvár (cluj) are practising ethnic cleansing an a scale only seen in former Yugoslavia. Hungarians are subject to constant discrimination, Hungarian signs are painted over or not allowed at all, intimidation by Gheorghe Funar is carried out against Hungarians on a daily basis aimed at driving out all Hungarians from this ancient Magyar land.
Comment by Magyar Csaba — February 23, 2008 @ 2:53 pm
Magyar Csaba,
So you like to pledgurize, is that it? Do you have ANY thoughts of your own, without relying on your Magyar propaganda?
Comment by pappy — February 25, 2008 @ 10:38 pm
Magyar, at least have the sensibility to put some quotation marks to your long post wich anyway is a load of crap because it’s full of lies, but I’m not gonna write an equally long one to prove it, just point out some of the biggest:
the folk romanian art doesn’t show mainly slavic influences, it, along with the romanian traditions, can be traced back to roman traditions, and especially the byzantine influence later on.
When you talk about freedom of religion, you should include just freedom of protestantism from catholicism, but what about orthodoxy, the religion of romanians, wich was not even recognized until the end of the 18th century.
And finally, the biggest lie of all, the proportions of the romanian language, your source is very, old, a 19th century linguist, actually, the latest studies show a proportion of 71,66% latin words in the vocabulary and 14,17% slavic influences, especially if you know romanian, you know it doesn’t sound at all with other slavic languages, but it is very similar to romance languages like french, spanish, italian, or portuguese.
I could go on&on, but it’s not really worth it..
Comment by Bogdan — February 27, 2008 @ 4:23 pm
I totally agree with the guy who says that Romanians are the plague of Europe!!! and I have first hand experience.
They are liars and thieves and the women are IMMORAL. Ever since they have been admitted to the European union, they have FLOODED the shores of Italy in particular, and brought much crime and misery to the host country!!
It is no surprise that ever since these criminals have left their country, crime rate has gone way down in Romania!
If you don’t like to obey the laws…get the f#@%*& out of there and go home to your rat infested country!
Comment by Tomas — February 27, 2008 @ 11:57 pm
Italian MEP Alessandra Mussolini, the grand-daughter of fascist dictator Benito Mussolini, reportedly described Romanians as “habitual law-breakers”.
Five Romanian MEPs have threatened to quit over the “sacrilegious” remarks.
Italy recently expelled dozens of Romanian migrants suspected of criminal offences, following a murder in Rome.
Comment by Magyar Csaba — April 6, 2008 @ 10:36 pm
ROMANIAN gangs commit 80 to 85 per cent of all cashpoint crime in Britain, The Sun can reveal.
The staggering figure is contained in a secret Cabinet memo which warns the crooks will be joined by a wave of new recruits after Romania and Bulgaria join the EU in January.
The classified document, seen by The Sun, predicts a devastating rise in street violence, people-trafficking, prostitution, tax dodges and cash card fraud.
Referring to the accession of the two East European nations as “A2”, it warns: “The police have completed assessments of the potential threat of A2 on all levels of UK crime.
“There is a concern that free movement will encourage people from Bulgaria and Romania to come to the UK, some of whom may be drawn towards organised criminal activities already well established in the UK.”
The dossier was compiled by Immigration Minister Liam Byrne and EU Minister Geoff Hoon.
It has been shown to Prime Minister Tony Blair and senior Cabinet colleagues including Home Secretary John Reid.
It has also been flashed to the heads of MI5 and Scotland Yard.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article69407.ece
Comment by Magyar Csaba — April 6, 2008 @ 10:39 pm
Hey Magyar,
I wonder how many of your bozgor seed are labelled “Romanians” who are part of your stats. You ignorant prick.
And Thomas,
women are “immoral” you self-righteous MO-FO
Comment by pappy — April 10, 2008 @ 5:07 pm
What a stupid comment from a Magyar fuck! Go fuck yourself you hungarian cunt! You Bozgor bastards are the plague of Europe! Just fuck off and die! cunts like you piss me off!
Comment by Tony — April 15, 2008 @ 8:26 pm
To Magyar Csaba,
British paedophiles go to Bucharest to rape street kids!
Crime in the UK / Italy by so called ‘Romanians’ are generally by Gypsies who I consider to be sub human scum and should be exterminated! Thse cunts give Romania a bad name abroad. I hate these Tiganii cunts almost as much if not more than Magyars! (Which is difficult I may add!)
Anyway, fuck you!
Transylvania for the Romanians! We got it back! Tough shit! No stop crying and fuck off!
Comment by Tony — April 15, 2008 @ 8:33 pm
To american,
Stop crying you stupid slut and get over it!
Your country is a fucking danger to the world! Gun ridden crack den! Even your armed forces get wacked out on drugs before killing women and kids in Iraq! You are just a fucking joke! fuck up! American bastard!
Comment by Tony — April 15, 2008 @ 8:38 pm