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Originally Posted by Uri
As far as I know, the situation in Erdèly (Transylvania) is that the hungarians and szeklers lived there for centuries, but the romanians considered themselves descendants of the ancient dacians, assimilated to the romans, so, the problem is served.
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The problem is that two nations lay claim on one and the same territory. For centuries Erdely-Transylvania was politically part of the Hungarian kingdom, although having a certain degree of autonomy, having its own prince and assembly. The population was mixed, with Hungarians, Romanians and Germans ("Saxons") living side by side. I think that already in 16th century Romanians became numerically dominant in the province. Transylvania was annexed by Romania after the First World War. First it was occupied by the Romanian Army and then the new factual situation was confirmed by the Versailles Treaty (Trianon Treaty, to be more precise) in 1919. Transylvania has been part of Romania ever since that date, with a short interruption between 1938 and 1945, when Romania had ceded one part (but not the whole!) of Transylvania, the part densely inhabited by Hungarians, to Hungary. That cession was effected through the pressure of Hitler's Germany, which was bent on settling ethnic disputes among its allies (both Hungary and Romania were part of the Axis).