{"id":13474,"date":"2018-11-02T13:28:01","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T17:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sfioanevanghelistul.ca\/wordpress\/?p=13474"},"modified":"2018-11-05T13:46:47","modified_gmt":"2018-11-05T18:46:47","slug":"romania-interbelica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sfioanevanghelistul.ca\/wordpress\/en\/2018\/11\/02\/romania-interbelica\/","title":{"rendered":"Interwar Romania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\"><span title=\"\u00cen 1933, ap\u0103rea la Leipzig, sub semn\u0103tura fotografului Kurt Hielscher, albumul fotografic \u201cRom\u00e2nia\u201d, un album fascinant care avea s\u0103 captureze atmosfera anilor interbelici a\u0219a cum pu\u021bine albume asem\u0103n\u0103toare au f\u0103cut-o. \"><a href=\"http:\/\/sfioanevanghelistul.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/sighisoara.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13570\" src=\"http:\/\/sfioanevanghelistul.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/sighisoara.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sfioanevanghelistul.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/sighisoara.jpg 600w, http:\/\/sfioanevanghelistul.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/sighisoara-300x213.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>In 1933, photographic album &#8220;Romania&#8221; appeared in Leipzig, under the signature of photographer Kurt Hielscher, a fascinating album that would capture the atmosphere of the interwar years as few such albums did.<br \/>\n<\/span><span title=\"Hielscher a relatat \u00eentr-un \u201eCuv\u00e2nt \u00cenainte\u201d cum a ajuns s\u0103 realizeze acest album: \u201c\u00cen anul 1931, am fost invitat de Guvernul rom\u00e2n s\u0103 c\u0103l\u0103toresc ca oaspete \u00een Rom\u00e2nia \u0219i s\u0103 alc\u0103tuiesc o carte asem\u0103n\u0103toare celor despre Germania, Spania, Italia, \u021a\u0103rile\">Hielscher reported in a &#8220;Foreword&#8221; how he came to this album: &#8220;In 1931, I was invited by the Romanian Government to travel as a guest in Romania and to make a book like Germany, Spain, Italy, the Countries <\/span><span title=\"Nordice etc.\">Nordic, etc. <\/span><span title=\"\u00cen ajunul c\u0103l\u0103toriei mele un scriitor cunoscut m-a \u00eentrebat cu mirare: \u201eDe ce s\u0103-\u021bi pierzi timpul t\u0103u scump cu lucrarea aceasta?\">On the eve of my journey a well-known writer wondered wondering, &#8220;Why should you waste your time with this work? <\/span><span title=\"Ce-o s\u0103 g\u0103se\u0219ti deosebit \u00een Rom\u00e2nia?\u201d Mul\u021bi trebuie s\u0103 aib\u0103 aceea\u0219i p\u0103rere.\">What are you going to find in Romania? &#8220;Many people have the same opinion. <\/span><span title=\"Ce pu\u021bin se \u0219tie despre aceast\u0103 \u021bar\u0103\u2026\u201d \">How little is known about this country &#8230; &#8221;<br \/>\n<\/span><span title=\"Tot Hielscher avea s\u0103 continue: \u201cDar pe l\u00e2ng\u0103 mul\u021bumirea pe care am sim\u021bit-o, lucr\u00e2nd, ma cuprins \u0219i durerea c\u0103 \u00eentreg poporul rom\u00e2n este amenin\u021bat de un du\u0219man crunt, c\u0103ci de cultura acestei \u021b\u0103ri binecuv\u00e2ntate de soare se apropie norii grei ai Occidentului:\">Hielscher was going to continue: &#8220;But besides the thanks I felt, working, I was grieved that the whole Romanian people is threatened by a cruel enemy, because the culture of this blessed country is approaching the heavy clouds of the West: <\/span><span title=\"praful civiliza\u021biei care \u00een\u0103bu\u0219e orice via\u021b\u0103 plin\u0103 de coloare.\">the dust of civilization that stifles every life full of color. <\/span><span title=\"Unele sate au \u0219i fost \u00eenv\u0103luite;\">Some villages have also been shrouded; <\/span><span title=\"norul cenu\u0219iu acoper\u0103 tot mai mult uneltele str\u0103mo\u0219e\u0219ti \u0219i coloarea vesel\u0103 a costumelor, \u00eenec\u00e2ndu-le \u00een monocromia stins\u0103 a modei de pretutindeni.\">the gray cloud increasingly covers the ancestral tools and the cheerful color of the costumes, drowning them in the extinct monochrome of fashion everywhere. <\/span><span title=\"A\u0219a \u00ee\u0219i pierde treptat, un popor cu sim\u021b artistic, str\u0103vechea sa \u00eenf\u0103\u021bi\u0219are.\">That&#8217;s how he gradually loses himself, a people with artistic sense, his old appearance. <\/span><span title=\"De aceea am dat \u00een aceste fotografii at\u00e2ta importan\u021b\u0103 vie\u021bii populare \u00een dauna peisajului.\">That&#8217;s why we put so much importance in these photos to folk life to the detriment of the landscape. <\/span><span title=\"Mi se pare c\u0103 a\u0219 putea salva astfel prin cartea mea, pentru timpurile viitoare, ceea ce \u00eencet \u0219i continuu este sortit pieririi.\">It seems to me that I can save my book for future times, which is slowly and continuously destined to perish. <\/span><span title=\"Fie ca o soart\u0103 prielnic\u0103 s\u0103 p\u0103streze \u00eenc\u0103 mult timp poporul acestor mun\u021bi, v\u0103i \u0219i c\u00e2mpii, \u00een frumuse\u021bea \u0219i spontaneitatea sa.\u201d\">May a favorable fate still keep the people of these mountains, valleys and plains long, in its beauty and spontaneity. &#8220;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>ngg_shortcode_0_placeholder<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1933, photographic album &#8220;Romania&#8221; appeared in Leipzig, under the signature of photographer Kurt Hielscher, a fascinating album that would capture the atmosphere of the interwar years as few such albums did. 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