Sorry Rose, I thought that it was called Austria Hungary but perhaps you are correct in saying it was called the Kingdom of Hungary. I always thought they were one and the same. My mother said at that time, all radio programmes were blocked out and they didn't know what was happening in the rest of the world. They only thing they ever heard was Hitler's speeches. I had no idea that the language and currency reverted to Hungarian. I do know that the streets changed names once again. I think our street changed names at least four times. In the last change it was Serbian. Walking through the village a few years ago, I noticed a few of the streets still bore names in honour of the Russia. One street was still called "Lenin". Helga ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rose Vetter" <rosevetter@gmail.com> To: "DVHH-L" <donauschwaben-villages@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2014 12:40 AM Subject: [DVHH] World War II recapture of former Hungarian Territories > Hello Helga, > > I would like to comment on your statement: "I was born in Austria Hungary > when it was regained by Germany..." > > The changing of the map of Hungary has been, and still is, mind boggling. > As > Anne Dreer stated, the Austro-Hungarian Empire ceased to be subsequent to > the Treaty of Trianon, when the re-drawing of the borders by the Allied > Powers resulted in Hungary's devastating loss of more than two thirds of > its territories. After joining the Axis Powers and taking part in the > invasion of Yugoslavia In 1941, Hungary reclaimed some of those lost > territories. As a child I still remember the radical changes in the > Batschka - the currency, city/village/street names, official language, > etc. > were changed overnight from Serbian to Hungarian. > > If you were born during that period prior to 1944, you were born in what > was once again the Kingdom of Hungary - albeit for a short period - but > not > in Austria-Hungary. After 1944, Hungary's borders reverted to its > post-Trianon status, and the Batschka was once again part of Yugoslavia, > now Serbia. > > Rose Vetter > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DONAUSCHWABEN-VILLAGES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Rose, Thanks for clarifying that, sometimes it is very easy to become confused with the details of those times - especially hearing the stories from our parents and trying to make sense out of something we were too young to yet understand. It was after starting my journey and recording things my parents were talking about I was able to make sense of so many misconceptions, that all of us kids had misunderstood from the stories. The biggest for us was that all of us kids thought our father had been in a Russian prison during that time period he was missing between 44 and 45. It took me asking how he escaped to find out that he was in "hiding" from the Russians so he didn't end up in a prison camp. I had thought it odd he made it out alive from what I had gathered from DVHH stories that brought out the truth. A combination of my mother's language skills and our ages when told it originally. By chance do you know (or anyone on the list) if the Kingdom of Hungary part after 41 also took place in Syrmia (Srem)? Eve On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 7:20 AM, Helga Kiely <kandhkiely@rogers.com> wrote: > Sorry Rose, I thought that it was called Austria Hungary but perhaps you > are > correct in saying it was called the Kingdom of Hungary. I always thought > they were one and the same. > > My mother said at that time, all radio programmes were blocked out and they > didn't know what was happening in the rest of the world. They only thing > they ever heard was Hitler's speeches. > > I had no idea that the language and currency reverted to Hungarian. I do > know that the streets changed names once again. I think our street changed > names at least four times. In the last change it was Serbian. Walking > through the village a few years ago, I noticed a few of the streets still > bore names in honour of the > Russia. One street was still called "Lenin". > > Helga > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rose Vetter" <rosevetter@gmail.com> > To: "DVHH-L" <donauschwaben-villages@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2014 12:40 AM > Subject: [DVHH] World War II recapture of former Hungarian Territories > > > > Hello Helga, > > > > I would like to comment on your statement: "I was born in Austria Hungary > > when it was regained by Germany..." > > > > The changing of the map of Hungary has been, and still is, mind boggling. > > As > > Anne Dreer stated, the Austro-Hungarian Empire ceased to be subsequent to > > the Treaty of Trianon, when the re-drawing of the borders by the Allied > > Powers resulted in Hungary's devastating loss of more than two thirds of > > its territories. After joining the Axis Powers and taking part in the > > invasion of Yugoslavia In 1941, Hungary reclaimed some of those lost > > territories. As a child I still remember the radical changes in the > > Batschka - the currency, city/village/street names, official language, > > etc. > > were changed overnight from Serbian to Hungarian. > > > > If you were born during that period prior to 1944, you were born in what > > was once again the Kingdom of Hungary - albeit for a short period - but > > not > > in Austria-Hungary. After 1944, Hungary's borders reverted to its > > post-Trianon status, and the Batschka was once again part of Yugoslavia, > > now Serbia. > > > > Rose Vetter > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > DONAUSCHWABEN-VILLAGES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DONAUSCHWABEN-VILLAGES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Syrmia Regional Coordinator http://www.dvhh.org/syrmia