Saving the Transylvanian Saxon Heritage

I saw an article in the Guardian recently that introduced to me to an area of Europe's history I didn't know anything about, despite one of the key events happening within the last twenty years. The report begins by explaining how a half million strong community of Saxon descendants, who had lived in Transylvania for centuries, left the region and travelled to Germany in late 1989 / early 1990. They left behind, what the article suggests, is a fascinating area of cultural history, and the author, Simon Jenkins, goes on to explore what might happen to it. I'm sure the intent behind the article is political, but that doesn't stop it being a valuable introduction.