by Ana Maria Schiopu | Apr 9, 2020 | Romania
On the onset of the First World War, Lupu Kostaki was a member of the Superior Administrative Council. He was part of the pro-German camp, led by Petre P. Carp. When the authorities and the royal family evacuated to Moldavia, Lupu Kostaki remained in Bucharest, with... by Ana Maria Schiopu | Feb 10, 2020 | Romania
Nicolae Brăiloiu was a hero, dying in the first month of the war. He was very young, only 23 years old, but he already had a Bachelor’s Degree in Letters, a Doctorate in Law and was a practicing lawyer. He went to the front as a reserve lieutenant of the 10th Howitzer... by Ana Maria Schiopu | Feb 3, 2020 | World War I in 1918
One of the thousands of heroes of the Great War who have left their testimonies and had written about their experience on the front, is Constantin T. Stoika. He died at the end of October 1916, on the Olt Valley. His journal was published in 1921, in an edition edited... by Ana Maria Schiopu | Jan 30, 2020 | Austria, Hungary, World War I in 1918
The war did not take into account profession. Horațiu Deacu was a teacher in 1914, when he left for the front. Between August 12 and October 21, 1914 he kept a diary, which was published by his family in 1930. There, on the Galician Front, the Romanian who was... by Ana Maria Schiopu | Oct 29, 2018 | Romania, World War I in 1918
Romania decided to enter the war after two years of neutrality. It was August 27, 1916, and Queen Marie wrote in her diary: “What a beautiful morning, how silent and quiet is everything, but I know there will be war”. The Queen was determined to play her part in the...