The fate of Western Hungary, 1918-1921
By: József Botlik ; translated and edited by Peter J. Csermely
Contributors: Csermely, Péter, 1966- editor, translator
Edition: Second amended, edited edition.
Publisher: Matthias Corvinus Publishers
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
ISBN-13: 9781882785247
Subjects: Boundaries; World War, 1914-1918; History; Territorial questions
Other titles: Hungary :
Work titles: Nyugat-Magyarország sorsa 1918-1921
Description: József Botlik (1949-) PhD, researcher of minorities, historian, lecturer of the School of Philosophy of the Pázmány Péter Katolikus Egyetem [Peter Pazmany Catholic University]. He had been studying, for the past four decades, the turbulent history of the 3.5 million ethnic Magyars torn from Hungary by the June 4, 1920 Peace Treaty of Trianon. He has written 15 books and 200 papers on the subject, as well as 80 radio and television programs. His major research region has been Sub-Carpathia [Ruthenia] but his works also cover the changing situation of Hungarians in the former Hungarian territories of Northern Hungary, Transylvania and Vovodina. His current book takes the reader to western Hungary, which burst into flames in the aftermath of the unjust Trianon decision. Here, the territorial robbers of Hungary cast their eyes on an area, populated not only by Hungarians but also Germans, Croats and Vends (Slovenes), who never wanted to be separated fro the country. Making use of all the printed and archival material, the well-written monograph clearly presents the plans and claims of not only the Entente Great Powers but also those of Austria, Czechoslovakia, Romania and Serbia. He outlines national political struggles of the country recovering from the shock of the two traitorous 'revolutions' of 1918-1919. He discusses in detail the glorious revolution of August-September 1921 in western Hungary, in legitimate response to the perfidious actions of its former ally, Austria. In contradiction to the earlier Marxist-Communist historiographic practice, this work does justice to the brave effort made by the state of Lajtabánság [Lajta-Banat-ed] (October 4 - November 4, 1921), created after the Austrians were ejected from western Hungary. Finally, it confirms the role of this brave national resistance in forcing the December 14-16, 1921 plebiscite in Sopron, as a result of which the town of Sopron and surrounding villages were returned to Hungary, and salvaging a small measure of national honor. -- Book cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-220).

Originally published: Nyugat-Magyarország sorsa 1918-1921 Vasszilvágy : Magyar Nyugat,  2008.
Table of contents: title: From allied country to territory claiming neighbor Austria and Western Hungary (Westungarn) in 1918-1919; title: The annexing of the Western parts of Moson, Sopron and Vas counties to Austria Saint-Germain-en-Laye, October, 1918-September 10, 1919; title: The occupation of the Vend region of Vas County by Serbs- the Mura Republic December 1918-August 1919; title: From the Treaty of Saint-Germain to the Peace Decree of Trianon September 10, 1919-June 4, 1920; title: Austrian efforts and the failure of territorial transfer June 1920-August 1921; title: The Western Hungary insurrection August 28-October 4, 1921; title: The state of Lajta-Banat October 4-November 4, 1921; title: From the Venice protocol to the Sopron plebiscite October 11-December 14-16, 1921.