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Debates on a shared national identity for all Romanians increased around 1900, mostly due to a series of political and cultural activities, including the establishment of theLeague for the Cultural Unity of all Romaniansin Bucharest in 1891, and the so-called “Memorandum” trial of the Transylvanian...

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Zusammenfassung:Debates on a shared national identity for all Romanians increased around 1900, mostly due to a series of political and cultural activities, including the establishment of theLeague for the Cultural Unity of all Romaniansin Bucharest in 1891, and the so-called “Memorandum” trial of the Transylvanian Romanian leaders in Kolozsvár (Cluj) in 1894. Politicians in the Kingdom of Romania often used the difficult cultural conditions under which Romanians from the neighboring Russian and Austro-Hungarian empires lived to increase popular awareness and mobilize public support for nationalist and irredentist activities. Moreover, in Hungary the government increased its political control over