persons. "George Baritiu" Cultural-Scientific Society, History of Romania. Transilvania , vol. II, cap. VII Transylvania in the Second World War , George Baritiu Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca, 1997, page 24 This included numerous refugees who left their localities of residence out of fear of the new Hungarian administration. On August 23, 1944, when King Michael's Coup turned Romania against the Axis and the struggle for the liberation of Northern Transylvania began, there were over 500,000 people from the ceded territory based on the Second Vienna Award in Romania. During this period, Romanian schools and churches also suffered. On the territory of the ceded Transylvania, there were (on August 30, 1940) 1,666 Romanian-language elementary schools and 67 high school, vocational and higher education units. At the beginning of the 1941/1942 school year, the number of primary schools decreased by 792 units, and in 1940/1941 there was only one high school with Romanian as the language of instruction - the one in Năsăud - and only "seven" Romanian sections within high schools with another language of instruction. The reactions of the Hungarians to the atrocities committed under the Hungarian occupation The Hungarians of Transylvania welcomed the decisions of the Second Vienna Award, because they considered it a remedy for the Trianon injustice, hoping that at the end of the war, Hitler would give back to Horthy the whole of Transylvania, however Romania was an allied country at that time. Numerous ethnic Hungarians participated, along with the military, in the massacres against the Romanian population. They devastated, desecrated and demolished the foundations of Romanian churches, especially in the lands inhabited by Szeklers. In addition, they robbed and set fire to the homes of Romanians or tortured and killed Romanians. However, in a few cases, there were also Hungarian locals who were involved in rescuing Romanian families. Among them is the case of Iosif Gáll, who saved several Romanians from death during the Treznea Massacre. A testimony in this regard is that of Gavril Butcovan, one of the survivors of the drama in Ip commune, Sălaj: There were cases in which Hungarian locals fell victim trying to help the Romanians. Among them was the maid Sarolta Juhász from Mureșenii de Câmpie, who was killed along with the entire family of the town's priest Bujor. List of massacres: Nușfalău massacre Treznea massacre Sărmașu massacre Ip massacre Cerișa massacre Marca massacre Brețcu massacre Mureșenii de Câmpie massacre