Liviu, Marta - Szőcs Péter Levente (szerk.): Andrid. Ghid cultural şi istoric (Satu Mare, 2011)
Date istorice - Történelmi adatok
torical sources of the time mention the visit of the great Hungarian poet and revolutionary hero Petőfi Sándor, who spent several weeks in the settlement, in the manor-house of the baron Luzsénszky, while the fights were at the verge to outbreak. The eventful twentieth century brought great changes in the life of the village. At the end of World War I, at the autumn 1918, the Romanian community was in turmoil. The possibility of union with Romania inspired the national movement in the area and led the Romanian communities to create their own organization beginning from the lowest level, namely the local one, together with the Romanian National Council and the National Guard. In Andrid, these structures, formed on 26 November 1918, maintained order and ensured the active participation of people in politics. Four days later, at the Great Assembly of Alba Iulia, the community of Andrid was represented by the Deputy elected to represent the village in the person of Roman Tiberiu. After the changes in state administration in the 1940 to 1944, the most important events in the village were brought by the communist regime and collectivization of the agriculture. Rich in farming resources and with a stable ownership structure, the community of Andrid was stressed to receive employment in collective farms and give up the traditional way of life. In 1956, with the first attempts of collectivization, the village has arose a resistance movement with eight members. Their active resistance delayed collectivization until 1959. In that year, members of the movement disappeared from the village, the first news of their fate reached their families hardly in August 1960. The leader of the resistance was sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment by the Military Cruce - Kereszt - Cross 27
