(slightly stretching the definition of Central Europe, but I'd argue that Transylvania qualifies)
The next village to the one I live in, sits at the bottom of a remote and wild valley, which goes up deep into the wilds of the Carpathians and if you follow it along you end up in Moldavia (the part of Romania, not the country). The road is terrible, and barely passable much of the time. I once turned back even though I was in a 4WD. Deep in the forests along this road there is a world war one cemetery hosting fallen Austro-Hungarian soldiers (some way further along is another one to Romanians, who were on the other side) . Because of the vagaries of county lines in this remote place the cemetery is considered to be part of the "comuna" of the village next door to mine, and the cemetery is tended by volunteers from that village, however technically it lies in the next county, Bacau, over in Moldavia. While my county is very much majority Hungarian, Bacau is fully Romanian.
A few weeks ago a group of Bacau based Romanian nationalists, led by a right wing blogger (who styles himself a journalist) whose entire raison d'etre seems to be to attack Hungarians, erected some concrete Orthodox crosses in the cemetery as "monuments to the unknown Romanian soldier". Obviously this was widely condemned by everyone (even the government). Some locals covered up these crosses with black plastic bags (which was probably unwise, as it just pokes the hornets next). It all started to become a big cause.
Yesterday the Romanian nationalists along with some compliant priests organised a ceremony to consecrate the crosses. A group of Hungarians went to form a picket line and pray outside the cemetery and try and block entry, the local jendarmarie were also there. A huge group of extremist Romanian nationalist thugs showed up, waving flags and chanting vile anti Hungarian slogans, broke through both the police and the Hungarians and proceeded to smash up the gates of the cemetery and tear down some of the original crosses. It's both depressing and scary. It takes a lot to bring me to violence but if these cunts come anywhere near my family I am not going to stand aside and watch them.
Having attacked the dead, I fear that these brave brave scum, emboldened by their success will next come after a kindergarten or an old people's home or something. Fuck them.
The next village to the one I live in, sits at the bottom of a remote and wild valley, which goes up deep into the wilds of the Carpathians and if you follow it along you end up in Moldavia (the part of Romania, not the country). The road is terrible, and barely passable much of the time. I once turned back even though I was in a 4WD. Deep in the forests along this road there is a world war one cemetery hosting fallen Austro-Hungarian soldiers (some way further along is another one to Romanians, who were on the other side) . Because of the vagaries of county lines in this remote place the cemetery is considered to be part of the "comuna" of the village next door to mine, and the cemetery is tended by volunteers from that village, however technically it lies in the next county, Bacau, over in Moldavia. While my county is very much majority Hungarian, Bacau is fully Romanian.
A few weeks ago a group of Bacau based Romanian nationalists, led by a right wing blogger (who styles himself a journalist) whose entire raison d'etre seems to be to attack Hungarians, erected some concrete Orthodox crosses in the cemetery as "monuments to the unknown Romanian soldier". Obviously this was widely condemned by everyone (even the government). Some locals covered up these crosses with black plastic bags (which was probably unwise, as it just pokes the hornets next). It all started to become a big cause.
Yesterday the Romanian nationalists along with some compliant priests organised a ceremony to consecrate the crosses. A group of Hungarians went to form a picket line and pray outside the cemetery and try and block entry, the local jendarmarie were also there. A huge group of extremist Romanian nationalist thugs showed up, waving flags and chanting vile anti Hungarian slogans, broke through both the police and the Hungarians and proceeded to smash up the gates of the cemetery and tear down some of the original crosses. It's both depressing and scary. It takes a lot to bring me to violence but if these cunts come anywhere near my family I am not going to stand aside and watch them.
Having attacked the dead, I fear that these brave brave scum, emboldened by their success will next come after a kindergarten or an old people's home or something. Fuck them.
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