The Eighth Tribe, 1981 (8. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1981-10-01 / 10. szám
The Transylvanian Quarterly Dedicated to the oppressed peoples of Transylvania, to their right to self-determination, self-administration, and the free development of their cultural heritage. NUMBER 9, OCTOBER, 1981 Published by the U.S. Branches of the Transylvanian World Federation and Affiliated Organizations. Editors: A. Wass de Czege and István Zolcsák Assistant Editor: Mrs. Anne Fay Atzél Washington Representative: Mrs. Ilona Boissenin Editorial Office: American Hungarian Literary Guild Rt. 1, Box 59 — Astor, Florida 32002 TRANSYLVANIA is part of the Carpathian Basin, which is a compact geographical, economical and cultural unit, inhabited by Hungarians since 985 A.D. After World War I, the Eastern part of Hungary, including Transylvania, the Banat, and part of the Great Hungarian Plain was given to Rumania, without the consent of the native population. Thus the thousand year old Hungarian kingdom, and the long established economical, political and cultural unit of the Carpathian Basin was broken up, causing disruption, oppression, and economic hardship. The Hungarian population of Transylvania was thrown into minority status under foreign occupation, and was forced to endure extreme discrimination and injustice. During the last sixty years of Rumanian occupation more than one million Hungarians were killed, deported or forced under pressure to leave their homeland. Today, still close to three million strong, the native Hungarians of Transylvania are subjected to large-scale cultural genocide under the barbaric dictatorship of Ceausescu’s communist regime. WE APPEAL TO THE CONSCIENCE OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE: IN THE NAME OF GOD, SAVE THE TRANSYLVANIAN HUNGARIANS! WHY THE DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THE HUNGARIANS OF TRANSYLVANIA? Scanning the membership list of the United Nations we will notice that there are 31 nations represented in this organization whose population is less than 3 million each, with Israel 2,781,000 and Albania 2,168,000 in the lead. Of these 31 independent nations, 27 have a population less than 1 million and some of them even below 100,000. All these nations enjoy full representation in the U.N. and are recognized as sovereign nations endowed with certain inalienable national rights, while at the same time THE 3,000,000 HUNGARIANS OF TRANSYLVANIA ARE LEFT IN LIMBO WITHOUT ANY NATIONAL RIGHTS, NOT EVEN THE RIGHT TO THEIR OWN CULTURE. THEIR SLOW BUT STEADY EXTERMINATION BY THE NATIONAL-SOCIALIST /NAZI/ GOVERNMENT OF RUMANIA IS SILENTLY TOLERATED BY THE REST OF THE WORLD AS A PROCESS OF “PROGRESSIVE ASSIMILATION”. If we examine the basic qualifications of“ recognized nationhood” in search of some outstanding difference which could justify the rejection of the Transylvanian Hungarians compared to the Albanians, Israelis or the Republic of Nauru (population 7,000), we find none whatsoever. The Albanians, the Israelis and the Naurus have their roots deep in the history of the land they inhabit, as do the Transylvanian Hungarians. During the centuries, foreign elements migrated into Israel, forming majority
