Forced labor of Hungarians in the Soviet Union

In addition, an unknown number of Hungarians were deported from Transylvania to the Soviet Union in the context of the Romania-Hungary Transylvanian dispute.

[3] In Hungary[1] and among the Hungarian minority of Transcarpathia,[4] such forced labour has been referred to as málenkij robot, a corrupted form of the Russian malenkaya rabota (маленькая работа), meaning "little work".

According to Soviet State Defence Committee Order 7161, ethnic Germans were to be deported for forced labour from the occupied territories, including Hungary.

Soviet authorities had deportation quotas for each region, and when the target was missed, it was completed with ethnic Hungarians.

Survivor testimony suggests a high death rate in the camps and in transit from various causes, including epidemic dysentery, harsh weather, and malnutrition.

[1] The story of the forced labor program was told in the 2018 drama film Eternal Winter, which won an international Emmy for best actress.