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Nemulţumirea profundă a intelectualilor maghiari clujeni faţă de Dictatul de la Viena. O notă diplomatică din 1941
Profound Dissatisfaction of Cluj Hungarian Intellectuals against Vienna Dictate. A diplomatic note of 1941

Author(s): Şerban Turcuş
Subject(s): WW II and following years (1940 - 1949)
Published by: Editura Academiei Române
Keywords: Romania; Hungarians; Cluj; Italy; diplomacy; Second Vienna Award

Summary/Abstract: The study is based on an unpublished document of the Italian diplomacy from 1941 and it refers to an information emanating from the Italian Consulate in Timişoara. The document enlightens the atmosphere in Cluj almost a year after the Second Vienna Award. The document highlights the profound dissatisfaction of the Hungarian intellectuals from Cluj towards the authorities in Budapest and the desire of the Hungarian ethnic citizens from Cluj to return to Romania by referendum. It is said that when Northern Transylvania became part of Hungary the quality of life decreased significantly and that it was much better during the Romanian administration. The document surprised by its originality especially that coming from one of the authors of the Second Vienna Award.

  • Issue Year: LIV/2015
  • Issue No: 54
  • Page Range: 315-319
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: Romanian