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Viktor Orbán is gone, but scores of public monuments show the potency of his legacy and Hungarian nationalism

A recently constructed Trianon memorial in Hatvan, Hungary. Brett R. Chloupek, CC BY When newly elected Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar delivered a June 4 address to mark Hungary’s Day of National Unity, he did so facing a long stone trench known as the Monument of National Unity. The memorial pays homage to the Treaty of Trianon in 1920, which formally ended Hungary’s involvement in World War I but also resulted in the nation losing about two-thirds of its territory, economy and…
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