<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The main objective of the paper is to highlight the changes in the situation of the Hungarian minority in Romania and the Romanian minority in Hungary living in the divided Transylvania from the Second Vienna Arbitration from 30 August 1940 to the end of WWII. The author analyses the Hungarian and Romanian governments’ attitude regarding the new borders and their intentions with the minorities remaining on their territories. The paper offers a synthesis of the system of reciprocity, which determined the relations between the two states on the minority issue until 1944. Finally, the negative influence of the politics of reciprocity is shown on the interethnic relations in Transylvania.</p></abstract>

The main objective of the paper is to highlight the changes in the situation of the Hungarian minority in Romania and the Romanian minority in Hungary living in the divided Transylvania from the Second Vienna Arbitration from 30 August 1940 to the end of WWII. The author analyses the Hungarian and Romanian governments’ attitude regarding the new borders and their intentions with the minorities remaining on their territories. The paper offers a synthesis of the system of reciprocity, which determined the relations between the two states on the minority issue until 1944. Finally, the negative influence of the politics of reciprocity is shown on the interethnic relations in Transylvania.

Minority Politics of Hungary and Romania between 1940 and 1944. The System of Reciprocity and Its Consequences

Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, European and Regional Studies

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The main objective of the paper is to highlight the changes in the situation of the Hungarian minority in Romania and the Romanian minority in Hungary living...

Minority Politics of Hungary and Romania between 1940 and 1944. The System of Reciprocity and Its Consequences

Published Online: Feb 20, 2020

Page range: 59 - 74

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/auseur-2019-0012

Keywords
Transylvania, Second Vienna Arbitration, border, minorities, politics of reciprocity, refugees

© 2019 János Kristóf Murádin, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Minority Politics of Hungary and Romania between 1940 and 1944. The System of Reciprocity and Its Consequences

Published Online: Feb 20, 2020

Page range: 59 - 74

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/auseur-2019-0012

KeywordsTransylvania, Second Vienna Arbitration, border, minorities, politics of reciprocity, refugees

© 2019 János Kristóf Murádin, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Transylvania, Second Vienna Arbitration, border, minorities, politics of reciprocity, refugees