The history of this place is amazing, which is why I visit it
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For this weekend I have chosen to share with you the most interesting historical place that I visited, the idea is that I will present you a place with a spectacular historical load, why do I say that, simply because in this place is gathered a part of the history of the county where I live.
In September 1944, German troops occupy several villages on the western border of Romania, reaching as far as here in the western plains where they are met by Romanian army troops.
The German and Hortist troops were very well trained but also very well equipped, far superior to the Romanian army.
I haven't told you the place yet, so as not to keep you in suspense, and yes, it's the Paulis Heroes' Memorial.
Many times either when I am here near the monument or many times when I pass by it (there is a week when I pass by the monument and 3 times) I think about what was in the minds of those young soldiers who lost their lives here.
The young NCOs were between 18 and 20 years old (at the beginning of the war) and were brought from all over Romania, not just from the west of the country.
To give you an idea of the scale of the war I can tell you that the German army had around 20,000 soldiers and the Romanian army numbered around 1800 soldiers of which 800 were young non-commissioned officers aged between 18-20 years, even so inferior in every respect the Romanian army managed to win the battles here in the western plain.
With a tear in the corner of my eyes I remember that I was lucky enough to personally meet the last six war veterans alive at the time, this was many years ago.
In the picture below you can see the painting of the Paulis Heroes Memorial on the wall of the village school.
A few years ago I also attended with sorrow the funeral of the last war veteran, who died at the age of 96; as far as I remember, only one of the six veterans died at 101, the others being between 94 and 98.
In conclusion, in answer to the question in the first topic of this weekend, the most interesting historical place we visited is this, the Monument of the Heroes in Păuliș, Arad (Romania).
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Thank you very much.
A place with much history, you meeting those veterans, I can only imagine how exciting it must have felt. Thanks for sharing this piece of history.
There were indeed emotional moments on the one hand, and on the other hand it was a chance to meet the last six living veterans in person.
Thanks so much for stopping by.
Thank you for sharing such a solemn and historical place. I would be humbled to visit such a location.
I'm glad you enjoyed it and, yes, I am one of the few people in western Romania who had the opportunity to meet the last six war veterans alive and I think I am the only person in western Romania who attended the funeral of the last war veteran, it's a bit painful to talk about it.
Why do I say that I am the only person who attended the funeral of the last war veteran, because that veteran was from Ploiești County, which is about 500 kilometers from the county where the heroes' monument is located, and honestly I looked through the crowd to see if I knew anyone from us or from the officials, I didn't see anyone.
Have a great week ahead!
What an honor to met such men. There are so few WWII veterans left now.
None of the veterans who fought here in the Western Plain of Romania are alive, very sad.
It is sad
The historical places amaze us, we saw some beautiful photography, thanks for sharing.
I'm really glad you liked it and thank you for stopping by.