Şcolile militare de ofiţeri de rezervă, 1939-1945. Caracterizarea tinerilor aplicanţi
Military Schools for Reserve Officers, 1939 - 1945. Characterisation of Young Applicants

Summary/Abstract: Many of the men who attended reserve officer schools during the Second World War did not come from military families, not having the obligation or desire to continue a tradition that had been established for generations. Most of them wanted to continue their intellectual training after graduating from secondary school and/or high school by enrolling at a pedagogical high school, a theological seminary or a higher education institution in a famous college town in order to become: teachers, accountants, lawyers, engineers, doctors, etc. Officer cadets were divided into 3 categories: college graduates, students and graduates of secondary schools. Thus, there were age differences of up to 4-5 years between the officer cadets and notable differences in the way each of them related to life and values in society. Usually, the older cadets had a greater capacity for evaluation, analysis and discernment. This difference was an advantage, as college graduates or students who had managed to attend lectures for one or two years, were considered as mature men, whereas adulthood was considered to begin at 21. The differences between civilians and the military were even more pronounced in the case of personnel serving in reserve officer schools, both officers and especially non-commissioned officers. There were unpleasant consequences for the situation previously stated, in terms of the way in which they related to each other, with cadets often being mocked and treated in an inappropriate manner, demonstrating feelings of frustration as a result of the military holding an unequal status in relation to young intellectuals. History interviews with cadets who attended reserve officer schools during the Second World War, were used to prepare this study, in an attempt to outline portraits of them at the beginning of their adulthood and at the start of their military studies.

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