Între dispute politice şi recuperarea memoriei. Sărbătorirea unirii Basarabiei în primul deceniu interbelic
Between political issues and memory recovery. Celebration of Bessarabian union during the first interwar decade

Summary/Abstract: After the First World War, the date of March 27 – standing for the unification of Bessarabia and Romania – was gradually integrated in the holidays with a national connotation. Such celebrations demonstrate the importance of the past – the recent past, in this case – in interwar Romania. This was actually an adjustment of the “official memory” – indicated/constructed by state authorities – to the new geopolitical realities of Romania. Hence, in this text, my aim is to analyse how Romanian authorities became involved in the celebrations for the unification of Bessarabia and Romania in the first interwar decade. I focus on the manifestations organized on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Union. Another objective of this paper is to appraise from a sequential perspective – using the Romanian press of the time – the way the main political parties in Romania became involved in the celebrations for the unification of Bessarabia and Romania, in an attempt to legitimize their actions and to gain political capital.

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