by Iulian Simbeteanu | Nov 5, 2019 | World War I in 1918
Between July and August 1914, the Austro-Hungarian ambassador to Bucharest, Count Ottokar Czernin, had an intense correspondence with his superior in Vienna, Count Leopold Berchtold, Foreign Minister of Austria-Hungary. Berchtold informed Czernin about the events in... by Iulian Simbeteanu | Oct 25, 2019 | World War I in 1918
Published in 1930, the journal of Gerhard Velburg (most likely a pseudonym used by Bogislav Tilka, a German author of several international law manuals and a two-volume monography on the German occupation of Romania during the First World War) offers a unique... by Iulian Simbeteanu | Oct 23, 2019 | Romania, World War I in 1918
German troops led by General August von Mackensen entered Bucharest on December 6, 1916. Soon after, an effort was undertaken to reorganize the occupied territory, in order to make the most of the economic resources that were now at their disposal. For this purpose,... by Iulian Simbeteanu | Oct 21, 2019 | World War I in 1918
Teacher Nicolae Mălureanu-Cristescu was one of the 142.653 Romanians who endured the ordeal of German prison camps during the First World War. His notes, the letters he sent to his family, as well as a report addressed to the Ministry of War after his repatriation,... by Iulian Simbeteanu | Oct 7, 2019 | Romania
Writer, playwright, memorialist and journalist, Ioan Slavici, was born on January 18, 1848, in the village of Șiria, which was at that time in Hungary. The writer who will become a classic of Romanian literature was born into a modest family. His mother, Elena, was...