The Eighth Tribe, 1980 (7. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1980-07-01 / 7. 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. NO. 4 — JULY, 1980 Published by the U.S. Branches of the Transylvanian World Federation and Affiliated Organizations. Editors: A. Wass de Czege and István Zolcsák 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 895 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! iiiiiiiiimimmimiiimmmiiiiiiimmmiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiii THE TRANSYLVANIAN PROBLEM GAINS WORLD-WIDE ATTENTION Professor Felix Ermacora, well-known champion of human and national rights, spoke in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Miami, Caracas and Sao Paulo during the month of May on the rights of national minorities in general, and the plight of the Transylvanian Hungarians in particular. Dr. Ermacora, professor of international law at the University of Vienna, member of the Austrian parliament, and chairman of the International Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, was appointed last year by the United Nations Committee on Human Rights to report on the grievances of national minorities, and work out with a group of experts the guidelines in dealing with these grievances. In our January issue of the Transylvanian Quarterly we published some of the proposals drafted by Dr. Ermacora and his associates which were accepted by the International Convention, based on Resolution 17, C, III of the General Assembly of the United Nations. Since the largest and most abused national minority group in Europe is the native Hungarian population of Transylvania, suffering extreme hardship under the hostile government of the Socialist Republic of Rumania, Dr. Ermacora is focusing special attention on this problem. After thorough evaluation of all the facts, the “Transylvanian Case” will be presented to the United Nations. iiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiimmiiiiiimmmmmmmmimmmmmmiim
