The Eighth Tribe, 1980 (7. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

1980-04-01 / 4. szám

The

T r ansy 1 vanian 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. 3 — APRIL 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!