dr. Horváth Sándor: A forradalom polgári arca Vas megyében (Szombathely, 1999)

Börtön, gyász, honvédegylet – nemzetiségek - M. Kozár Mária: A vasi nemzetiségek és 1848–49

Börtön, gyász, honvédegylet — nemzetiségek Frison, mourning, Honvéd society — national minorities nálhatja anyanyelvét. Az állam egyenlő mértékben támogatja a nemzetiségek iskoláit, egyházait, tiszteletben tartja az egyházi autonómiát és az egyházban szokásos nyelvet. A kormány azt is leszögezte, kész új törvényjavaslatokat terjeszteni a nemzetgyűlés elé, amennyiben ezek a pontok nem elégítik ki a hazai nemzetiségeket. A kormány azonban már elkésett ezzel a nemzetiségi törvénnyel, ekkorra már tömegessé vált a kölcsönös nemzeti gyűlölködés. Nyomai sokáig megmaradtak, s szerepet játszottak az első világháború után a történelmi Magyarország felbomlásában is. A szabadságharc nemzetiségi hősei: {Anisch Albert (Horvátlövő), Grill János, Loibl József, Grisch József (Léka), Fabsits Mátyás (Stinác), Schalk Ferenc (Hakkenberg), Nisl János, Konel József (Gyanafalva), Kozár Mátyás (Istvánfalva), Gombócz Mihály (Hidegkút), Posch Ferenc (Raks), Csuk József (Szakonyfalu), Vidonya Iván (Rogasóc), Szakonyi József (Raks), Gzipót Ferenc (Polona), Häuser Ferenc, Schmalczer András (Felsőrönök), Krauz Imre (Németújvár). 53 When the 3200 national guardsmen who were sent to the Dráva were being mustered, deputies were largely accepted, although people found it hard to find the fees they demanded. There were some communities that spent three, four or even nine thousand on these. The deputies for the Germans were often Slovenes. A clear comment on the situation was made in March 1849 by the radical Pest newspaper Marczius Tizenötödike (March the Fifteenth). There was no solution to the bloody fraternal struggle, it said, unless the Hungarians realized that it was 'impossible to ignore any further the separate national communities in this country.' Making the country solely Hungarian was 'no longer among the prospects for which a long and secure future could be expected.' In July 1849, the government put forward a new nationality act at the last National Assembly, held in Szeged, hoping thereby to rally the minorities to the Hungarian cause. Although Hungarian was to remain the language of official contacts, the act stated that the national communities could use their languages, on the majority principle. Fvery community was entitled to use its native language in parish and county assemblies, in the assize courts, in applications to the authorities, and in church affairs. The state would the national communities' schools and churches to an equal extent, and respect church autonomy and the language customary in each church. The government also stated that it was prepared to put further bills before the National Assembly, if these terms proved unsatisfactory to the country's national communities. However, the government was too late with this nationality act, which came at a time when mutual national hatred had emerged on a mass scale. The scars of this remained for a long time, and contributed to the break-up of historical Hungary after the First World War. The Vas County heroes of the war of independence included several members of minority communities: Albert Anisch, Horvátlövő; János Grill, József Loibl and József Grisch, Léka (Lockenhaus); Mátyás Fabsits, Stinác, (Stinatz); Ferenc Schalk, Hakkenberg (Hackerberg); János Nisl and József Konel, Gyanafalva (Jennersdorf); Mátyás Kozár, Istvánfalva; Mihály Gombócz, Hidegkút (Deutsch Kaltenbrunn); Ferenc Posch, Raks (Rax); József Csuk, Szakonyfalu; Iván Vidonya, Rogasóc (Rogasovci); József Szakonyi, Raks; Ferenc Gzipót, Polona (Polana), Ferenc Hauser and András Schmalczer, Felsőrönök; Imre Krauz, Németújvár (Güssing).