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The Darnița Declaration of 1917: Expressing the desire of Transylvanian Romanians to unite with Romania
On February 23, 1917, an order issued by the Romanian Ministry of War in Iași provided for the establishment of the Russian and Transylvanian Volunteer Corps in Russia, made up of Romanians from the Austro-Hungarian army, who had been captured by the Russians. On the...
“The Romanian Red Cross Agency”- The central bureau for the assistance of Romanian prisoners in the Central Powers’ prison camps
The military disaster in the autumn of 1916 led to a large number of Romanian prisoners being taken into Central Powers’ prison camps. The difficulties faced by the Romanian authorities at the end of 1916 and the beginning of 1917 led to a reduced concern for the fate...
The Oradea Declaration: The document that proclaimed the right of Romanians in Austria-Hungary to self-determination
On October 12, 1918, the Executive Committee of the Romanian National Party from Transylvania met in Oradea, at the house of lawyer Aurel Lazăr, to decide how Romanians could fulfill their national objectives taking into account the imminent defeat and dissolution of...