Struggle for Survival: The Transcarpathian Hungarians (1944–2022) : Studies

Molnár D., Erzsébet and Váradi, Natália and Darcsi, Karolina and Orosz, Ildikó and Csernicskó, István (2022) Struggle for Survival: The Transcarpathian Hungarians (1944–2022) : Studies. Méry Ratio Kiadó, Budapest. ISBN 9788090735590

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Abstract

This book presents the most important turning points, between 1944 and 2022, of the history of the Transcarpathian Hungarian community, referred to as the “little finger” of the Hungarian nation, our turbulent and painful past, our struggles for survival and self-identity, for our political, linguistic and educational rights, a community forced by the several changes of power within the region from being a majority nation into a minority status. Due to its geographical location and geostrategic significance, Transcarpathia often became a prey to the aspirations of great powers in the course of the 20th century, and thus the inhabitants of the region turned into citizens of five different states without ever having left their homeland, their home. The so-called Soviet period between 1944 and 1991 started off with the deportation of tens of thousands of the Hungarian and German male population of Transcarpathia, therefore it is often called the most tragic period of the history of Transcarpathian Hungarians. Of course, no one would have thought that our generation will also have to live through a total war, with all its horrors and tragedies. Transcarpathian Hungarians are loyal citizens of Ukraine, they have a strong sense of local identity, and their main desire is to be able to live peacefully, as Hungarians, in their homeland. It is impossible to understand the present without knowing the past! Let us, then, get to know the past of the Transcarpathian Hungarian community, and thus understand its present.

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