Levelek Srappner falváról, Gránát lyukból. Székelyderzsi katonák Ébert András lelkészhez küldött levelei az első világháborúból
Letters from Shrapnel Village, from the Bomb Craters or Letters from the Front. WW I Letters from Székelyderzs (Dârjiu) Soldiers to their Minister András Ébert

Summary/Abstract: In the Kolozsvár (Cluj) State Archives they keep hundreds of letters and postcards from the WW I, amongst them sixty-four from forty-eight soldiers from Székelyderzs (Dârjiu). They were written between 1914–1916 to their minister, András Ébert. Since February 1915 this minister took a personal initiative by sending a letter and an issueof the Unitarian Monitor to all of his congregants (or believers) who were serving on the front lines. This was the starting point of a correspondence between a minister and the soldiers from all over the front lines of the WW I. These letters show how these soldiers were longing for peace, how they worried about their beloved ones, the remorse they felt for being part of a war, of such cruelty. These letters also show that these soldiers were hoping for the war to come to an end soon. They were so grateful for those letters coming from their minister. These letters provide insights into the spiritual world of the soldiers, and the events of the First World War.

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