The Eighth Hungarian Tribe, 1983 (10. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1983-04-01 / 4. szám
The Transylvanian Quarterly TRANSYLVANIA is part of the Carpathian Basin, which is a compact geographical, economical and cultural unit, inhabited by Hungarians since 895 A.D. After World War I, the Eastern part of Hungary, including Transylvania, the Banat, and part of the Great Hungarian Plain was annexed by Rumania, without the consent of the native population. Thus the thousand yeaT 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 Ceau8escu?8 communist regime. WE APPEAL TO THE CONSCIENCE OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE: IN THE NAME OF GOD, SAVE THE TRANSYLVANIAN HUNGARIANS! Dedicated to the oppressed peoples of Transylvania, to their right to self-determination, self-administration, and the free development of their cultural heritage. NO. 15 — APRIL, 1983 Published by the U.S. Branches of the Transylvanian World Federation and Affiliated Organization*. 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 MR. PRESIDENT! Your decision to suspend Rumania’s Favored Nation Trade Status was the action of a leader who stands on principle and is dedicated to the concept of liberty and justice for all. We Americans of Hungarian descent thank you, Mr. President, for taking the side of the oppressed against the oppressor. On the following pages of this Quarterly we will reveal the entire situation in Transylvania, and explore future possibilities for a just and lasting peace based on the recognition of man’s inalianable right to freedom, justice and equality. However, until the needed changes can be achieved through peaceful evolution and mutual trust, we humbly suggest to you, Mr. President the following conditions upon which a friendly co-operation with the Socialist Republic of Rumania may be reestablished without the renunciation on our part of those very principles upon which America was built and still stands. 1. The re-establishment of the Hungarian Autonomous Region. 2. The recognition of the Hungarian language in Transylvania as second official language. 3. The re-establishment of all pre-World War II Hungarian educational institutions 4. The return of all the confiscated Church archives and libraries. 5. The termination of job-discrimination. 6. The termination of all harassment and intimidation in relation to religion or nationality. Mr. President, these requests are the basic minimum the 3 million strong native Hungarian population of Transylvania, the very people who wrote freedom of religion into law for the first time in the history of mankind in 1568, can expect in a civilized world. Respectfully yours, in the name of more than one million Americans of Hungarian descent: Albert Wass de Czege U.S. Branches of the Transylvanian World Federation and Affiliated Organizations.
