A „Népek tavasza” hogyan vált zimankós téli nappá Apanagyfaluban és környékén?
A „Népek tavasza” hogyan vált zimankós téli nappá Apanagyfaluban és környékén?

Summary/Abstract: How did the “Spring of Nations” turn into a frosty winter day in Apanagyfalu (Nușeni) and its surroundings? While researching the Catholic diaspora in Bistrița-Năsăud, especially in the region of Nușeni, I came across the decaying documentation of the Revolution of 1848. As far as I know, these documents were not yet published. During my research, I faced the phenomenon that in Transylvania the same historical event may be very differently approached and interpreted by a Hungarian historian and a Romanian historian. The historians’ judgement can be easily clouded by their nationality. For example, when one nation’s historian writes about the war of foreign nations, the other speaks of a glorious victory. Th erefore, I came to believe that one cannot research Transylvania’s past – may they be Hungarian or Romanian – without a proper mentalhealthy view. By this I mean that in our region a researcher can hardly have an objective point of view, if they can process and mourn the losses and tragedies due to the tension of the cohabitance. The researcher must also know that the narratives about the past oft en serve the current political power. This thesis is particularly right when analyzing the events of the Revolution of 1848. This revolution, which was started in the name of human freedom, lead to the confrontation of Hungarian and Romanian people. The former parish priest, Endre Bakk professionally and faithfully narrated these events a few decades later. The escalated idea of freedom ended up in looting and murder. In August 1848, Urban called the inhabitants of the county to Năsăud, and admonished them to be faithful to the emperor. Then, the secret correspondence, easing started to arrest the landlords. The peasantry did not hesitate. The mob gathered from Romanians, Saxons and Hungarians first attacked them in Szentjakab. They moved on to Nușeni, a mob lead by the Romanian priest. Then, they continued the attacks in Oroszfalu. They robbed the landlords’ courtyard houses, looted their possessions. Whoever could not escape, was beaten and tortured. A landlord and his daughter in Kétely was brutally murdered. The mob was punished, the leaders were incarcerated in Gherla.

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