Hungary's Greatest Catastrophe - Treaty of Trianon

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If you've ever taken a peak into Hungarian history or culture, one of the most prevalent historic events that dominates the topic is none other than the Treaty of Trianon. Since the 1920s, this has been the single most controversial event in Hungarian history. However, not many foreigners are that familiar on what it was, and why so many Hungarians think of it as a grave injustice. In this video we go explain the treaty's impact & how it transformed the country.

Sources:

"The Hungarians" by Paul Lendvai

"Eastern Europe!" By Tomek Jankowski

"Hungary: A Short History" by Norman Stone

"The Struggle For A Just Peace:" Speech Delivered by Count Albert Apponyi, President of the Hungarian Delegation to the Peace Conference in Paris, Before the Supreme Council at Its Session on 16 January

[zsoltszabo]

If you claim to be Hungarian, but don't have at least 1 playthrough in Hearts of Iron IV where you restored Greater Hungary, then you're not truly Hungarian

[maximk]

There are things that are worse than war. Like, losing a war, for example.

[Ivanfpcs]

I will stay neutral on this one, my doctor is Hungarian and my dentist is Romanian, living in Germany is really tricky

[TimisDaniel]

When Neil Armstrong took his first step on the moon, the first thing he saw was an old Hungarian flag.

[sigged]

Bringing up trianon in a group discussion with hungarian citizens is like switching game modes from team deathmatch to free for all

[IkeSan]

The funny part is how France was telling to stop this "horrible empire" when they had territories in Asia, Oceania and Africa being used to extract their resources.

[tommyp]

As a romanian, I wish all the Eastern Europe and Balkan countries will cooperate much better in the future, to create a political pole of influence in order to avoid being used as pawns on the chess table by the big world powers.

[capper]

as a hungarain it feels weird someone explaning this so well in under 15 mins

[spanicsantal]

Trianon was the 3rd tragedy. The ottoman occupation was the 2nd 1st was the tatárs. 4th biggest tragedy was being stucked behind the iron curtain

[AleksanderK]

I used to read a lot of Polish press from the interwar period. I was very interested in how the communist takeover in Hungary after WWI was portrayed. The nationalist press praised the coup, saying it was forced by "unjust" treaties, the socialist press condemned it as an extension of Hungarian imperialism. What I liked best was the Christian press, which stated that there was no revolution and in fact the Hungarian bourgeoisie started "pretending to be communists" so that they could continue to "bully the Slovaks." Interesting how history is not black and white :V

[curseditem]

when i was in budapest, even the guide, who was a student and didn't like orban, went on a 10 minute rant about trianon

[doktorkotasz]

János did a great job, presenting correctly the narrative of both sides.

I want to believe that videos like this help to maintain peace and the common prosperity of Central European countries.

[erikziak]

Egysegykre! I am a Slovak, our family has not Hungarians in its tree, there is some German/Czech. I do not speak or understand Hungarian, but have visited Hungary a couple of times, never had any problems with the local people there. I also met some Hungarians in the Tatra mountains during hikes, nice people. I also met a group of Hungarians in Prague, again nice people. I never had any problems with "Slovak" Hungarians, and I fully respect their culture. I have been to venues in specific parts of southern Slovakia, that were held bilingual (Slovak and Hungarian) and I have no problem with it. I have no problem with Hungarian schools even in Bratislava. I want us all to get along, be kind to each other and enjoy life. Slovakia and Hungary are both in the EU, NATO, the border is only an imaginary line on a map. Everyone can travel freely, work where they desire, speak their language. I never supported any nationalist "us vs. them" parties, because we all sit in the same boat. So please, my dear neighbors to the south, let us live in peace together and strive for a better future of our children. A future based on mutual respect and cooperation. I want my neighbors to live and prosper, because only when my neighbors are having a good living, I can have a good living too.

[PakBallandSami]

Note:From 1918 until 1921, violence against Hungarians and by occupying troops against each other rocked mainland Hungary. 1919 saw four months of communist "Red Terror" before Adm. Miklos Horthy's National Army militia unleashed "White Terror."

Horthy, who served as regent from 1920 to 1944, claimed that "only an iron broom can sweep the country clean" and declined to offer an apology for the atrocities.

[attilaszabo]

As of today the reason Treaty of Trianon hurts the hungarians the most is that it generates pointless hate among us ඞ and our neighbours. It is directed to people who have nothing to do with the original conflict.

Thank you János for your unbiased and thoughtful video about the topic and for being one of the few on this platform who can deliver the complexity of this treaty!

Fun fact:
Hungary lost some of it's territory to Austria, the very country that started this war.

[oRange_brOwn]

I wish you would've talked more about France's impact, and how their allies reacted to it (like the US literally boycotting peace talks, and the UK trying to talk France into a more fair peace treaty condition. Or that how the borders were often specifically drawn in a way that ignored ethnic lines, instead, giving these ethnic Hungarian lands away because it had an economic importance (like railway hubs, significant mines, factories, etc etc). But the video is very informative and respectful yet still delivered in a joking way, so nicely done!

[vallergergo]

A note already for 0:50
That was very much NOT the case. There was an entire thing about the Hungarian part of the empire declining to agree to a declaration of war against Serbia unless the warhawks caved to a demand to not annex any further territory into the empire (in this case pointedly from Serbia)

[attilavarga]

I disagree. The worst thing that has ever happened to Hungary is not the treaty of Trianon. It’s Fekete Pákó.

[andkar]

It is interesting how so many people know lots of things about the war but few knows about the treaty of Trianon and the results after.

[arvaakuka]

As a Finn born 82 years after the Great War I am deeply offended by the mistreatment of my Ugric brothers