Romanian Hearth Union
Uniunea Vatra Românească
FormationFebruary 1990[1]
TypeNGO
Region served
Romania

The Romanian Hearth Union[2][3] or Romanian Hearth Federation[4] (Romanian: Uniunea Vatra Românească) is a far-right nationalist movement[5] and civic organization,[2] founded in Târgu Mureș in 1990.[4]

The main purpose of the organization is to save Romanians "hunted down in their own country" from the Hungarians viewed as "hordes plaguing humanity".[4] The emergence of the "Romanian Hearth" was helped by ex-Securitate officers.[4] The organization has been described by various sources as quasi-fascist,[6] radical nationalist,[4] xenophobic ultra-nationalist,[7] anti-Hungarian[8] and anti-Semitic.[9] It was associated with the former political party of Romanian National Unity Party (PUNR).[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Valentin Borda. Vatra Românească
  2. ^ a b "Romania". International Religious Freedom Report 2007. United States Department of State. Archived from the original on 2019-05-27. Retrieved 2019-05-27.
  3. ^ George W. White, Nationalism and Territory: Constructing Group Identity in Southeastern Europe, Rowman & Littlefield, 2000, p. 161
  4. ^ a b c d e f Mihaela Mihailescu, Dampening the Powder Keg: The Role of Democratic Oppositions in Fostering Ethnic Peace in Post-Communist Romania and Slovakia, ProQuest, 2006, pp. 116-117
  5. ^ Harden, Blaine (1990-03-21). "Hungary protests Romanian mob action". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2017-07-22. Retrieved 2017-07-22.
  6. ^ Gale Stokes, The Walls Came Tumbling Down: The Collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe, Oxford University Press, 1993, p. 174
  7. ^ Robert Bideleux, Ian Jeffries, The Balkans: A Post-Communist History, Routledge, 2007, p. 144
  8. ^ Juliana Geran Pilon, The Bloody Flag: Post-Communist Nationalism in Eastern Europe : Spotlight on Romania , Transaction Publishers, 1982, p. 67
  9. ^ Joseph F. Harrington, American-Romanian Relations, 1989-2004: From Pariah To Partner, East European Monographs, 2004, p. 34
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