DENOUNCER OF TRIANON FILM CEAUSESCU’S PAL

It was Győző Hajdú, once a high official of the Romanian Communist dictatorship (a Hungarian by nationality) who called the attention of Minister of Education Mona Musca on the ’illegality’ of showing a documentary film entitled ’Trianon’ by Gábor Koltay in several places of Transylvania.

The minister recognized this in a television programme, confirming that the fact was reported by Győző Hajdú who is editor-in-chief of a bilingual magazine called Együtt-Impreuna in Bucharest. Győző Hajdú had been a member of the Great National Assembly during the Communist dictatorship and had been regarded as one of the most faithful followers of the Ceausescu couple.

Ms Musca said the official procedure to ban the film was not a case of censorship, the ministry only wanted to stick to the legal regulations of showing a film in Romania. Eva Maria Barki, international lawyer in Vienna said it was shocking that the Hungarian government and the Hungarian parliament did not protest against the ban of Koltay’s film.

Translated by Péter Szentmihályi Szabó