The purpose of the master's thesis is to examine the shifting border in the Prekmurje region in the period between the signing of the Trianon Peace Treaty (1920) and the Paris Peace Agreement (1947), as well as to analyse interviews on the subject of life along the River Mura at that time. The Trianon Peace Treaty annexed the Prekmurje region to the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, thus changing the state border in the examined area. Until the eruption of the First World War, the Austrian provinces in the Prekmurje region were separated from the Hungarian part of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy by the rivers Kučnica and Mura. The Trianon border moved the state border on the River Mura to the watershed between the rivers Raba and Mura, while the border on the River Kučnica remained unchanged. However, this delineated border did not last long, given that after the German and Hungarian occupation during the Second World War the Prekmurje region was re-annexed to Hungary. The Second World War significantly marked events on the left bank of the River Mura, since the Hungarians began to intentionally Hungarise the area and persecute the nationally conscious Slovenes. In particular, the area was marked by the opening of the front on the River Mura in 1945, when the German bombardment forced the inhabitants to abandon the besieged villages along the River Mura. During this time, many houses and outbuildings along the frontline were destroyed and after the end of the war, the locals were left in dire straits. Following the capitulation of Germany and the signing of the Paris Peace Treaty, the Prekmurje region was re-annexed to Yugoslavia in 1947. The border between Austria and Hungary was once again moved to the River Kučnica and the watershed between the rivers Raba and Mura.
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