Banat Republic
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The Banat Republic was a short-lived state proclaimed in Timișoara c. 31 October 1918, during the dissolution of Austria-Hungary. The Republic claimed as its own the multi-ethnic territory of the Bana
Anastas Bocarić's depiction of the Serb Popular Assembly in Novi Sad
Otto Roth
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Otto Roth, also Willy Otto Roth or Dr. Rot, was a Hungarian and Romanian lawyer, journalist and politician who served as the Commissioner-in-Chief of the Banat Republic, between October 1918 and Janua
Banat Republic
…among competing nationalisms. Openly endorsed by the local communities of Hungarians, Swabians and Jews, the German-speaking socialist of Jewish origin Otto Roth served as its nominal leader. This project was openly rejected from within by communities of Romanians and Serbs, who were centered in the eastern and…
Portrait photograph, c. 1930