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HALMÁGYI Pál: Kiszombor község az I. világháborúban és az idegen megszállás alatt (1914-1921). Kiszomboriak a fronton

FORRÁSOK MAKÓ 2004 MAKÓ Imre: Életünket és vérünket! Az első világliáború hódmezővásárhelyi áldozatai. Hódmezővásárhely. ROMSICS 1999 ROMSICS Ignác: Magyarország története a XX. században. Osiris Kiadó. Bp. KISS 1940 KlSS Mária Hortenzia: Kiszombor története. Makó, [1940.] Csanádvármegyei Könyvtár 35. RÁCZ 2005 RÁCZ István Pál: A kiszombori iskola története. Kiszombor. ZUBÁN 1911 ZUBÁN Magdolna tanítónő (Kiszombor, 1911.) visszaemlékezése HALMÁGYI 2002/b HALMÁGYI Pál: A forradalmak és az idegen megszállás 1918-1920. in: Makó története 1849-től 1920 ig. Szerk.: SZABÓ Ferenc. Makó. Makó Monográfiája 5. PETROV1CS 1921 PETROVICS György: Az októberi forradalom és az idegen megszállás Makón. Makó. HD A kiszombori római katolikus plébánia HISTÓRIA DOMUSA 1912-1945. SZEGED 1991 Szeged története 3/2. Szeged. PAL HALMÁGYI THE HISTORY OF KISZOMBOR DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR AND THE FOREIGN OCCUPATION (1914-1921) Most men living in the village of Kiszombor, situated at the lower course of the River Maros, joined the army and fought on different frontlines during the First World War. Several of them died, got wounded or fell into captivity. (The memorial built in 1925 lists 151 heroes of the village.) The life of those staying at home turned burdensome. The worsening food and material shortages made the life of villagers embittered, especially in families who lost their breadwinner. At the end of the fifth year at war, as a result of the defeat, nationwide dissatisfaction swept away the rule of the Hungarian war government and that of the Habsburgs. Hungary, becoming freshly independent, was to confront in itself with the territorial claim of its three new neighbours. The village of Kiszombor was led by the National Council formulated after the revolution, and the order was provided by the National Guard set up from former soldiers. The life in Kiszombor fundamentally changed from November 1918. The boarding and bullying of the occupying Serbian army put heavy burden on the villagers. Whereas foreign occupation lasted for a considerably short period in the central part of the country, Kiszombor lived under Serbian occupation for three years. The invading forces left the village on 20

th August 1921, long after the Trianon Peace Treaty was signed.