Re: Unknown g-grandparent
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Unknown g-grandparent
Robert Shive 3/17/11
Robert, you seem to be forgetting that what is today Slovakia was part of HUNGARY until 1918.The town called today in Slovak Nizna Mysla, and formerly in Hungarian Alsómislye, lies in what was an ethnically mixed area.Prior to 1918, the majority of the people in this area were ethnic Hungarians (or Magyars, as the ethnic Hungarians call themselves).There were also Slovaks, as well as a small number of Germans.If they did not learn each other's languages, they would of course not be able to understand each other.
I'm somewhat puzzled that you came up with Jews and Gypsies, because in this particular area, there were very few Jews or Gypsies, if any.I would think that you would have immediately thought of Hungarians (or Magyars) and Slovaks.Perhaps you wouldn't have stopped to think that there was also a small number of Germans living there, but I would think that you would have thought of Hungarians (or Magyars) and Slovaks.
(Following World War I and the break-up of the vast Austro-Hungarian Empire by the Allies, Austria was forced to relinquish its provinces of Bohemia, Moravia, and Austrian Silesia to form the western half of the newly created country of Czechoslovakia.Hungary was forced to relinquish its northern region called Upper Hungary to form the Slovakia half of the new Czechoslovakia.)
Robert
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