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Hungary
Antisemitism

Hungarian Annexation of Northern Transylvania

The Second Vienna Award annexed Northern Transylvania from Romania to Hungary. The partial revision of the Trianon borders brought temporary euphoria to much of the Hungarian population, but it had tragic consequences for the Jewish community. Hungarian antisemitic laws now applied to the Jews of Northern Transylvania as well, and in 1944 this led to a significant portion of them being placed in cattle cars bound for Auschwitz.

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