CRAIOVA AND THE CHOICE OF THE COFFIN OF THE UNKNOWN HERO
CRAIOVA AND THE CHOICE OF THE COFFIN OF THE UNKNOWN HERO

Summary/Abstract: Romania decided after the First World War in 1921 to create a tomb as a monument of an Unknown Hero as a symbol of the Romanian soldiers who had sacrificed their lives for the unity, for the freedom, for the independence of Romania during the war. For the election of the coffin of the Unknown Hero, was elected Amilcar Săndulescu, student of a Military Higschool of Craiova, son of an officer dead in the World War I. He had chosen the coffin no.4 from 10 coffins which had the bodies of 10 heroes dead on the battle fields of the World War I on the Romanian soil. The article offers some information and details about the ceremonies of 14-17 May 1923 and about the tragic life of the young Amilcar Săndulescu which had 12 years in 1923. Born in Vâlcea County on February 20, 1911, he died on July 28, 1923 at Techirgiol, Constanța County, drowned in the Black Sea. He was buried on July 30 1923 in Sineasca Cemetery of Craiova. A street which lies former building of the Military Highschool on Brâncusi Street with the Military Unit on Amaradia-Doljului Streets junction has the name of Amilcar C Săndulescu.

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