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1940
Hungary
Antigypsyism

Hungarian Annexation of Northern Transylvania

On 30 August 1940, the Second Vienna Award transferred northern Transylvania from Romania to Hungary, placing 50,000–80,000 Roma under Horthy-era rule. The annexation deepened racial persecution: Roma faced harsher discrimination, forced labour, and intensified policing, foreshadowing later wartime deportations. Territorial expansion directly worsened conditions for already-marginalised Roma communities.

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