Tag: Hungary

European history Personal experiences

Hungary, a place for Germans to fraternize before reunification

Post author By Flying Dutchman
Post date June 5, 2020
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Lake Balaton with the Tihany Benedictine Abbey, founded in 1055

I haven’t been able to return to Hungary since 1987, but I keep in mind some occurrences that just won’t happen again.

Tags Apartheid, Balaton, Berlin Wall, Budapest, GDR, Germany, Goulash Communism, Hungary, Nationale Volksarmee, NSW

European history European Politics

Trianon: Hungary’s dismemberment after WWI

Post author By Flying Dutchman
Post date June 4, 2020
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The Treaty of Trianon, which Budapest was forced to sign 100 years ago, marked the end of historical Hungary.

Tags Austro-Hungarian Dual Monarchy, Budapest, Central Europe, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Paris Peace Conference, Romania, Slovakia, Trianon, Versailles, Washington, World War I, Yugoslavia

European history Personal experiences

Germany 1945: surrender or liberation?

Post author By Flying Dutchman
Post date May 8, 2020
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In good mood: German prisoners of war in 1945, somewhere in Britain

There’s hardly any controversy about Germany’s unconditional surrender in May 1945 anymore, but that’s mostly due to a very selective view of history.