As we have reported in our last two newsletters, the local administration of the village of Dărmănești/Dormánfalva has appropriated a Hungarian military cemetery located in neighbouring Harghita county. The situation has worsened considerably after several Hungarians have been taken in for questioning by the police, while the local administration of Dărmănești/Dormánfalva that put up crosses and monuments in the cemetery illegally has still not been brought to account.
The situation regarding the military cemetery in Valea Uzului/Úz-völgye is escalating
As we have described in our previous newsletter, the local administration of the town of Dărmănești/Dormánfalva has recently taken ownership of a Hungarian military cemetery in neighbouring Harghita county, under dubious circumstances. The cemetery located in Valea Uzului/Úz-völgye (Valley of Uz) was the site of several battles during World War II, and many Hungarian and German soldiers are buried there. The cemetery has come to be almost like a place of pilgrimage, not only for Hungarians living in Transylvania, but for all Hungarians. Officials from Dărmănești/Dormánfalva have already put up numerous crosses made of concrete next to the wooden crosses put up on the graves, and they have also erected a monument in memory of the Romanian soldiers that fought in World War II.
The appropriation of a Hungarian military cemetery
The local administration of the town of Dărmănești/Dormánfalva has recently taken ownership of a Hungarian military cemetery in neighbouring Harghita county, under dubious circumstances. The cemetery located in Valea Uzului/Úzvölgye (Valley of Uz) was the site of several battles during World War I and II, and many Hungarian and German soldiers are buried there. The cemetery has come to be almost like a place of pilgrimage, not only for Hungarians living in Transylvania, but for all Hungarians.
Double standards persist in Romania regarding Hungarian symbols and inscriptions
Following a recent court order, the Hungarian, the Szekler, as well as the administrative flag of the county had to be removed from the assembly hall of the Covasna County Council.
The mayor of Corund/Korond received a fine of nearly 100 thousand euros for a Hungarian inscription
The Civic Association for Dignity in Europe (ADEC), led by Dan Tanasă, asked the courts back in 2016 to call on the mayor of Corund/Korond to take down the “Községháza” (meaning town hall in Hungarian) inscription from the forefront of the building.