“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 °.”

“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 °.”

by | Feb 24, 2020 | Romania, World War I in 1918

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...

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