Ferenc Oslay

Who is Ferenc Oslay?

Ferenc Oslay was a Hungarian-Slovene historian, writer, Trianon irredenta and propagandist.

Born was in Filovci in Slovene to a minor noble family. Oslay the elementary school completed in Puconci and received education in Budapest. Oslay researched about the Slovene March and published in the irredentistic Domovina of Sándor Mikola. Oslay's themes the Prekmurian history, language, the reformation and some extent the Croatian history. Oslay have many claims are untenable and unprovable: including Styria was inhabited by Hungarians, therefore Styria also ancient Hungarian area. The Slovenes in Prekmurje and Styria is asimilated Hungarians, etc. Oslay supported the anti-Slavic chauvinistic propaganda of Sándor Mikola after World War I.