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Romania, one year after the war: “We are a ruin”
One year after Romania entered the war, Bucharest was under German occupation. Even though the majority of Muntenia’s inhabitants took refuge in Moldavia, especially in Iași, there were many who remained. This was the case of Vasile Th. Cancicov, a writer and...
The Royal Family in Oradea: “The joy of the population that gathered from all the surrounding villages to meet us was frenetic”
During their first visit to Transylvania, the royal couple, Ferdinand I and Marie, visited Oradea, recently liberated from the Bolsheviks. It was May 23, 1919 and the beautiful Transylvanian city was waiting for its guests. Queen Marie wrote the following in her...
1916. From the diary of an enlisted teacher: “Cannons and guns roared terribly, and after a while I saw houses burning”
Alexandru Vasiliu Tătăruși was a folklore collector, who dedicated his entire life to rural education. Between July 11, 1916 and January 25, 1918, A. Vasiliu fought on the frontlines of the First World War. He was wounded and was rewarded for his bravery with two...
“As a conspiracy between nature and humans, the winter of 1917 was particularly harsh. In Iași, the thermometer dropped to -20 °, to -30 ° and even to -40 °.”
In the winter of 1917, Bucharest was under occupation, and the inhabitants of Muntenia were forced to flee. Besides poverty and disease, the main enemy was the cold. Moldavia did not expect such a large number of refugees. One of the biggest problems facing Iași, the...