EXPULSION OF HUNGARIANS FROM THE BJELOVAR REGION IN 1944

Abstract

Pozitivističko pisanje povijesti antifašističke borbe u Hrvatskoj ostavilo je niz neistraženih tema. Među takove teme treba ubrojiti i odnos partizana prema Mađarima nastanjenima u okolici Bjelovara. Od nekoć vrlo brojne narodnosne manjine danas je Mađara na tom prostoru ostalo vrlo malo, a ovaj rad govori što se je dogodilo 1944., t.j. kako su komunisti-partizani »oslobađali« Mađare njihovih imanja i kako su ih prisilno mobilizirali.Once a strong group, the Hungarians are now relatively small minority in Croatia. Their absence is particularly noticeable in the Bjelovar region, where they once lived mixed with Croatian, Serbian, and German communities. The partisans conditioned their remaining in that region with their joining of the partisan movement. Since the Hungarians did not feel that the partisan cause was theirs, they were expelled from the Bjelovar region. This was another tabu theme of historiography; hence, this article represents the first attempt at its exploration

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