ASTRA’S CONTRIBUTION AT THE EVENT OF GREAT UNION
ASTRA’S CONTRIBUTION AT THE EVENT OF GREAT UNION

Summary/Abstract: Using information provided both from journals like ,,Transylvania”, edited by Transylvanian Association for Romanian Literature and Culture of Romanian People-ASTRA, but also from articles, studies and books, the present article tries to present the contribution of the aforementioned institution at the event of Great Union. There are emphasized its actions during the First World War, when it offered prayer books in Romanian language to the soldiers, printed ,,Transylvania” journal despite all the attempts of the Hungarian authorities to destroy it, and offered space for hospitalisation the wounded soldiers. There are also mentioned the decisions of important members of ASTRA, like Octavian Codru Tăslăuanu, who decided to left Transylvania and the Imperial Army and run into Romania, when they became part of the War from the other side and, when it was the time, contributed to the diplomatic aspects of the Union or have sent messages to their Romanian brothers from the imperial side, asking them to join Romania. The later contributions to the Great Event, like sending delegates, highlighting the relevance of the moment in books and newspapers or by lectures and by speaking about the way how the administrative union can be realised, are also emphasised in the research, which brings into attention a topic not enough investigated up to now, offering a new approach.

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