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Trianon trauma: Why is the peace treaty signed 100 years ago seen as a national tragedy?

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In some parts of the Hungarian countryside, roadside maps show the country not as it is now, but as the much larger nation it once was.

The same images of "Greater Hungary" dating from over 100 years ago can also be seen on car bumper stickers and T-shirts sold to tourists.

Recently, Prime Minister Viktor Orban provocatively posted the old map on Facebook. On Thursday, Hungary marks the centenary of what many people regard as a national tragedy.

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