My colleague from New York gave us an insight into the persecution of the Hungarian minority since 1956. While it is true that during the days of the Stalin rule in Russia. the Rumanian Communists equally persecuted Rumanians and Hungarians if they were antiCommunists. one should not forget to mention this persecution of antiCommunist Hungarians either. According to Hungarian sources. documented in every individual case. between 1945 and 1964 there were not less than 278.000 Hungarians killed or deported to Dobrudja in Rumania. Most of the cases occurred in the late forties and early fifties. in order to break the Hungarian middle class and smallholders. the two mainstays of the Hungarian minority which were declared "class alien." The churches were also severely attacked. the orders dissolved. and the Roman Catholic Bishop of Gyulafehervar (Alba Julia). Aron Marton. and hundreds of priests jailed.
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