Gergely Karácsony

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The new monument of National solidarity, is In Line with the main entrance to the Parliament

Exactly 100 years ago, in the Trianon palace in Versailles, two medium-ranking Hungarian officials removed two-thirds of the country, and 3. 3 Million Of Their Countrymen.

A new monument has been build in The Last couple of weeks in front of the Parliament in Budapest, among the many already built by the Viktor Orban government in Hungary in The Past .

For Hungary by the 1920 Treaty, a national wound that still festers to This Day . Mr Orban's message to The World is that Hungary must now be complied with. For his critics, he has dug deeper into the wound.

What Hungary lost in the Treaty of Trianon

As the Austro-Hungarian monarchy disintegrated at The End of The First World War , historical Hungary was forced to cede what is now in Slovakia, Vojvodina, Croatia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Ruthenia, the Burgenland and Transylvania, to the new States of Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia, to a much-enlarged Romania, and even to Austria, for a guy, the loser in The War .

Last month, Viktor Orban posted a picture, a Larger Hungary, including parts of Serbia, Romania, Croatia and Slovakia

U.S. President Woodrow Wilson 's proposal for self-determination of national minorities was valid for everyone, with the exception of Hungary.

the National groups, which had long been oppressed by the Hungarians claimed their own sovereignty, while the Hungarians suddenly found themselves split into several States.

mainland, Hungary was shaken troops from 1918 to 1921 of violence, both by the crew and Hungary against each other. Four months of the Communist "Red Terror " in 1919, the "White Terror " carried out by Adm was followed by Miklos Horthy 's National Army -militia.

Horthy was regent of 1920-44, and later refused to apologize for the atrocities, with the argument that "only an iron broom to sweep the Land Clean ".

Miklos Horthy the allies Tried, with Nazi Germany in October 1938, the Hungarian troops in Transylvania

to revise the Trianon through the 1920s and ' 30s led directly to the Hungarian involvement in the second World War on the side of Nazi Germany .

Hitler was the only European statesman who will offer you The Return of the territory.

What is The Point of the new memorial?

A national trench or grave, gently under street level, directly in-line with the main entrance of the Parliament in Budapest.

Stainless Steel -case letters show The Names of All the cities and villages of historic Hungary according to their size in The Last pre-War census, in 1910. In the middle of the hard granite, The Monument of National solidarity, is an Eternal Flame .

place-names of historical Hungary, are listed on The Monument in Stainless Steel

The Anniversary of the Treaty of Trianon, a difficult Balancing Act for the government of Orban is.

By the continuation of alliances with the governments of Serbia, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Poland, Mr Orban is like to say, that of Hungary has broken out of the "one hundred years of solitude".

What do the neighbors think?

But Romania, the Ukraine, and to a certain extent in Austria, watch his actions with suspicion. Romania is in this year, the Trianon Treaty celebrations officially for the First Time .

Flags are set items are at half-mast on this border where Hungary, Romania and Serbia meet

"All these years we have been made aware... of the many political declarations of Budapest, which is very offensive to Romania", the former Romanian Foreign Minister , Titus Corlatean told The Bbc .

He proposed the legislation, adopted by the Romanian Parliament, to celebrate Trianon day. "I do not understand why Romanians should be shy of the marking of fundamental importance for its history, because we want to offend anyone. "

in addition to The Monument , the Hungarian Parliament is holding a memorial meeting.

the Church , the bells are rung. And at 16:30 (14:30 GMT) at The Request of the liberal Budapest mayor Gergely Karacsony - a fierce opponent of Viktor Orban - All transport will grind to a standstill in the capital, as people observe a minute of silence.

A new musical performed in the operetta theatre, theatre, entitled they tore It Apart. Nationalist group "Our home" will distribute black armbands.

"We don't need to forget Trianon. That would be impossible," said the opposition Democratic coalition party in a statement. "But the mourning over Trianon can be home to not more the focus of Hungarian politics, because, apart from the fact that it is nowhere, it paralyzes, makes you unable to act, it is used the moral and political force. "

"No Other nation or country could have survived What Happened to us 100 years ago. And we should really be proud of our existence," government spokesman Zoltan Kovacs told The Bbc .

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Source of news: bbc.com