Some 200,000 ethnic Germans were deported from Hungary after the Second World War, while in central and eastern Europe, nearly 13 million were deported or forced to leave their homes, the state secretary for church and minority relations said on Wednesday, marking the memorial day of the deportation of ethnic Germans in Hungary.
Speaking during an ecumenical service in Bonyh谩d, in southern Hungary, Mikl贸s Solt茅sz said attacks against nations and 鈥渢he arrogance of superpowers鈥� should be rejected so they cannot persecute and destroy millions. After the Second World War, people hoped the tragedies of the 20th centuries had ended, Solt茅sz said. But soon after, the ethnic Germans living in Hungary, 鈥渢he most loyal members of the Hungarian nation鈥�, were declared guilty under a presumption of collective guilt, he said. In 2013, Hungary鈥檚 parliament declared January 19 a memorial day to mark the deportation of ethnic Germans from Hungary.
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