8 interesting facts about Trianon, a Hungarian national tragedy
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It is that time of the year again when Hungarians mourn the great loss that the Treaty of Trianon. June 4 is the 98th anniversary of Hungary losing 2/3 of its territory and about 1/3 of its population.
About the Treaty of Trianon
Hungary joined WWI as part of the long-ago Austro-Hungarian Empire. Even though the Hungarian leadership disagreed on the decision of the declaration of war against Serbia, it was its duty to follow the Empireās command. In the end, WWI costed 660,000 Hungarian military personnelāsā lives. On the top of being part of those countries who lost, Hungary had to pay a big price: the Treaty of Trianon included taking away 2/3 of Hungaryās territory including those 13 million Hungarian citizens living there.
As we have already given a deeper understanding on Trianon in our previous articles (see on the bottom), we decided to share some interesting facts as remembering this year.
The meaning of the word āTrianonā
Some people claim that the Hungarian motto āNo! No! Never!ā comes from the meaning of the word Trianon. It has a Latin origin and means āthree nosā. It is easy to conclude that there is a connection between the motto and the meaning of the word. However, Urbanlegends.hu revealed the truth according to which the motto has already existed in 1918, while,Ā on the other hand, the Treaty of Trianon was signed only in 1920. Therefore, this interpretation seems to be false.
Trianon happened because of a divorce
George Clemenceau, the French character who played an important role in creating the conditions of the treaty, had a son who married a Hungarian woman. After their marriage declined and they ended up filing divorce, Clemenceau was said to be so angry with Hungary that led him to make the conditions even more strict. Hungarian historians contradict this hearsay and reason that Clemenceau did not like Romania either, but he still supported their territorial claims.
Sopron, the Town of Loyalty
Citizens of Sopron had the opportunity to vote whether they still want to be part of Hungary. They vote yes, and that is why they won the āCivitas Fedelissimaā title and they became the Town of Loyalty.
Soros should concentrate on getting all parts of old Hungary back if he has any pride in being a
Hugarian This subject should be brought to life again by someone as prominent as he is’
Soros is only concerned with making money and the destruction of Hungary.
Soros’ real name is Schwartz Gyƶrgy. He is not Hungarian; he is Jewish, decended from the tribes of Judah, Benjamin and Levi.
The first map (above the title) is not correct. South of Poland has never been within historic borders of Hungary. At least not KrakĆ³w and PrzemyÅl. It was part of Austrian, than Austro- Hungarian empire for 123 years in XIX but under Austrian administration. And definitely this region (so called Galicja) was back in independent Poland in 1924.
And Helena, that map is correct btw. That is map of the monarchy not map of the historical hungary.