On the footsteps of the Great Union generation.
Episodes from the history of the Ispravnic’s Cover Image

Pe urmele generației Marii Uniri. Episoade din istoria familiei Ispravnic
On the footsteps of the Great Union generation. Episodes from the history of the Ispravnic’s

Author(s): Felicia Aneta Oarcea
Subject(s): History, Local History / Microhistory, Social history, Recent History (1900 till today)
Published by: Editura Mega Print SRL
Keywords: history; union; lawyer; family;

Summary/Abstract: Divine providence made the generation of the end of the 19th century and first decades of the interwar period be the witness of the all Romanians’ dream to unite. The family of dr. Sever Ispravnic, an advocate in Arad, was one of the lots of families who took part in the Great Union in Alba Julia, in December 1, 1918.The generation of intellectuals at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the next one was growing up and educated in the national Romanian spirit, and learnt at the great universities in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. With their rich heritance, they perseveringly and patiently built the whole edifice of Greater Romania.Dr. Sever Ispravnic represented as a mandatory the commune of Pecica, whiles Adriana, his wife, was a mandatory of the Romanian Women Association in Arad and Province. They were leaving for Alba Julia together with their children Letiția and Sever Ispravnic. It was an experience that definitely put a mark on their whole life. Al together they participated in General Berhelot’s greeting (December 29, 1918), in gathering up provisions for the Romanian guards, and also in meeting the Romanian troops in Arad (May 17, 1919), implicitly in the Romanian administration installing there.They were involved in political, economical and social, cultural and charitable life during the interwar period and so they contributed to the new Romanian administrative structures’ consolidation. What the Union Generation decided and did provide a standard for us today. Dignified persons, they suffered the communist horrible things and bequeathed the legacy of Greater Romania to the younger generations.

  • Issue Year: 2/2019
  • Issue No: 29
  • Page Range: 241-250
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: English, Romanian