THE HISTORY OF THE GERMAN MINORITY IN ROMANIA IS LITTLE KNOWN ...OR DISCUSSED...IN THE WEST...AND IS ALMOST UNKNOWN IN AMERICA...
THESE GERMANS, ERRONEOUSLY CALLED "SAXONS," WERE "INVITED" INTO TRANSYLVANIA IN THE 13TH CENTURY BY THE HUNGARIANS TO DEFEND THE FRONTIERS OF THE MAGYAR KINGDOM...
THESE GERMANS FOUNDED THE FAMOUSLY EFFICIENT "SAXON TOWNS" IN TRANSYLVANIA...WHICH WERE IN STARK CONTRAST TO THE ROMANIAN AND ROMA SETTLEMENTS IN THAT AREA...
THESE GERMANS WERE CALLED "SAXONS"... SOME OLD MYTHS SAID THEY WERE THE GERMAN YOUTHS WHO WERE CAPTURED BY THE "PIED PIPER...!" AND WHO SOMEHOW EMERGED IN TRANSYLVANIA...!
TRANSYLVANIA WAS GIVEN TO ROMAINIA AFTER WWI...TO PUNISH THE AUSTRO-HUNGARIANS...
BUT THE ROMANIANS WERE NEVER FRIENDLY TO THESE ANCIENT GERMAN SAXONS...WHO WERE LONG TIME RESIDENTS...
AND AFTER WWII...THESE GERMANS WERE SYSTEMATICALLY "URGED" TO MIGTRATE BACK TO GERMANY...
BASICALLY THEY WERE KICKED OUT OF ROMANIA BY ROMANIAN NATIONALISTS AND COMMUNISTS...
THIS STORY IS SELDOM HEARD OF IN THE WEST...AND ALMOST NEVER IN THE US...
EASTERN EUROPEAN HISTORY BEING LITTLE KNOW IN AMERICA...
NOW THE ROMANIAN GERMANS HAVE A NOBEL PRIZE TO TELL THE WORLD THEIR STORY....
POSTSCRIPT:
THE STORY OF THE VAST GERMAN DIASPORA WHO SETTLED IN EASTERN EUROPE AND RUSSIA IS LITTLE DISCUSSED THESE DAYS...
FOR EXAMPLE THE LARGE GERMAN SETTLEMENTS IN THE CRIMEA...THESE GERMANS WERE INVITED IN BY THE LOCAL KING...OR IN RUSSIA THE CZAR...TO ENHANCE THE SKILLED LABOR POOL AND CRAFTSMAN IN THESE REGIONS.
