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In 1916, when the Romanians [the Romanian Army]were coming in, Hungarians were fleeing. The Romanians came in with an intense hate, and they were very course, uneducated soldiers, it was dreadful. The Romanians [soldiers] beat a lot the few men who were at home – since, well, men were either soldiers, either in captivity or dead on the battlefield. It [the beating] was called ‘the twenty-five’, they struck 25 or 50 with a cudgel, depending on how they liked that person.
My grandfather’s family fled too, and my grandfather died during escape – in 1916 – in Nagybacon [Editor’s note: Nagybacon, in Romanian Batanii Mari is 54 km far from Nagyborosnyo in north-west direction] of a contagious disease, I suppose of Spanish flu.
My grandfather’s family fled too, and my grandfather died during escape – in 1916 – in Nagybacon [Editor’s note: Nagybacon, in Romanian Batanii Mari is 54 km far from Nagyborosnyo in north-west direction] of a contagious disease, I suppose of Spanish flu.
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Alice Kosa
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