Gyökerek (A Dráva Múzeum tanulmánykötete. Barcs, 2008)

Mészáros Ádám: Felvidéki magyarok betelepülése Barcsra és környékére a II. világháború után

ÁDÁM MÉSZÁROS HUNGARIANS MOVING INTO BARCS AND SURROUNDINGS FROM CZECHOSLOVAKIA (THE PREVIOUS UPPER HUNGARY) AFTER THE WORLD WAR II SUMMARY The state of Czechoslovakia was formed in 1920, with union of Bohemia and upper part of Hungary. Only the half of population of Upper Hungary (now Slovakia) was Slovakian. In this part of the country the proportion of Hungarian population was more than 30%, and the number of German and CarpathianRussian population was also high. The aim of Csechoslovakia was to make ethnically homogene state, and for this they wanted to assimilate and deport / remove the ethnical minorities. The government after World War II branded the Hungarian minority war criminal deprive them from their civic rights. Great members of people had become the victims of forced settlement. They had to leave behind their way of life and they had to move out of their usual, known environment. They became foreign, rootless and delivered. It's true that comparing to real genocídium, the annihilation of people phisically, this is not a great blow. But for these who had to move away their country and homes this meant a real loss and tragedy for each family. In consequence of forced settlement 62 families came to Bares and 68 families to Szulok from the previous Upper Hungary. The author wants to show the tribulation of Slovakian (Upper Hungarian) families.