Levéltári Közlemények, 93. (2022)
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Abstracts Csaba Gidó RELATIONS BETWEEN THE LOCAL ADMINISTRATION AND THE ARMY IN UDVARHELY COUNTY IN 1916-1917 In 1914-1916, despite the war conditions, Szeklerland played the role of a peaceful hinterland. However, the Romanian invasion of 1916 triggered an unprecedented wave of flight among the Szekler population. Almost half of the population of the Udvarhely county, which is the subject of this study, fled to the safe hinterland, some 40-50 thousand people. Empty houses, plots of land and arable land became the public prey of the armies, refugees from other regions and those who had stayed at home. After the expulsion of the Romanian army from Transylvania in mid-October 1916, the return of the fugitive administration and then population began. However, Udvarhely County was an operational area, so there was a large number of soldiers in the area, who had numerous demands to make of both the local administration and the population. The demands and forced recruitment of the army made it difficult for the local population to recover and strengthen its economy. As the local administration tried to defend the interests of their communities, conflicts between the local administration and the civilian population and the army were frequent from the end of 1916 until the end of the war. The large number of soldiers was a burden for the Udvarhely County, the military did not take into account the difficult living conditions of the population, and the local population increasingly felt that the army was treating civilians as if they were in enemy territory. 328
