The younger heroine of Jiu

“She gave her life with the simplicity of true heroism, to not obtain an apotheosis of phrases, however as a result of her coronary heart demanded it, as a result of her soul believed that life’s responsibility was fulfilled. The one who died, in his communicative braveness, at this second when he revealed himself to encourage his troopers with the phrases: “Ahead, boys, don’t quit, you might be with me!” he’s entitled from that second to the everlasting honor of an unforgettable identify for his fellows.” – that is what was written in Agenda quantity. 1 of August 23, 1917 of the Lupeni Regiment. The topic was a younger girl who had fallen into debt within the battle for the liberation of her nation; her identify was Ecaterina Teodoroiu.

He noticed the sunshine of day on January 14, 1894 within the village of Vădeni, which at the moment is a neighborhood of Târgu Jiu Municipality in a modest household of farmers from Olten who had 5 different sons and two daughters. She began her research within the major faculty of that village and continued them in one other faculty in Târgu Jiu, the interval when she modified her identify to “Ecaterina Teodoroiu” from her beginning identify (Cătălina Vasile Toderoiu).

He continued to review till 1909 on the Romanian-German Faculty in Târgu Jiu, and after that at a boarding faculty and a nursing faculty in Bucharest. That is when he contacted the primary scouts in Romania, becoming a member of the “Pleased Shepherd” squad; after the beginning of the First World Struggle, he transferred to the “Domnul Tudor” squad from Târgu Jiu.

After Romania entered the conflict, her household skilled tragic occasions: three of the brothers (reserved second lieutenant within the seventh Călăraşi Regiment; lieutenant within the fifth Vânători Regiment; corporal within the 18th Gorj Regiment) fell within the battles with the enemy, and her father was taken prisoner. From the will to avenge her destroyed household, Ecaterina requested the permission of the commander of the 2nd Division to be accepted in a combatant unit within the entrance line after she had labored as a nurse in Gorj.

The next is a sequence of heroic actions from the autumn of 1916 by the younger Ecaterina: * October 10 – she is within the Romanian military commanded by Normal Ion Dragalina who resisted a powerful assault by the Germans; *October 14 – took half in repulsing the assault of the Bavarian firm over the Gorju Mountains; *October 18 – she is taken prisoner by the enemy, however manages to flee by taking pictures the German guard who was along with her; *November – within the battles in Filiaşi, she is wounded by two enemy bullets in her proper leg, and 9 days later, she is wounded once more within the thigh by shrapnel from shells; after a interval of successive therapies in Craiova, Bucharest and Iași, Ecaterina returns to the entrance the place she takes care of a lot of wounded Romanians. On March 16, 1917, for her heroic qualities, Ecaterina Teodoroiu was awarded the “Navy Struggle Benefit” Medal, 2nd class.

He returned to the entrance in the summertime of 1917 when, on August 20, the 43/59 Infantry Regiment of which he was an element succeeded in occupying the positions within the trenches on Dealul Secului within the Muncelu space. Within the night of August 22, throughout an assault launched by the German military, however rejected by the Romanian troopers, he was shot within the coronary heart when he was on the head of the platoon he commanded as a second lieutenant, dying heroically. He was solely 23 years previous.

In Agenda quantity. 1 quoted firstly of this text it was proven: “Throughout final evening’s battle on Dealul Secului, the volunteer Ecaterina Teodoroiu of the seventh Firm fell on the head of her platoon, struck within the beneficiant coronary heart by two gun bullets machine. A transparent instance of heat enthusiasm united with probably the most persistent power, the one which some rightly known as “Heroine Jiu” who gave her final sacrifice devoid of any vanity, of any useless ambition just for love to guard nation this Nation, invaded by enemies. Ecaterina Teodoroiu was on the peak of the bravest defenders of her nation and surpassed them by the energy which, overcoming female weak spot, knew tips on how to show the energy of humanity of physique and soul and all of the qualities of a courageous soldier, tireless and filled with enthusiasm to be helpful at any price She who fought like a hero from different instances in Târgu Jiu, she who used her uncommon power in opposition to the white dying that reaped her comrades sick with exanthematic typhus, goes into battle once more with renewed power, with the hope that he’ll contribute and he took. very energetic half within the work of getting ready the good work of revenge, main the instruction. He fell earlier than reaching the purpose of this second sport.”

In the present day our nice heroine lies in a Mausoleum within the middle of Târgu Jiu Municipality, made by a distinguished apprentice of Grasp Constantin Brâncuşi, Miliţa Pătraşcu. The Italian travertine monument (size 2.90 meters, width 1.60 meters and peak 2.10 meters) has the form of a sarcophagus, being positioned on a pedestal with three steps. A bas-relief depicts scenes from the life and army exercise of Ecaterina Teodoroiu.

The reminiscence of the good heroine of Oltenia and all of Romania was honored by a number of monuments positioned in other places of the nation that she liked a lot till the final word sacrifice. I’ll describe a few of them with the point out that I visited a few of them along with my household: *The monument in Slatina, carved by Dumitru Măţiaoanu and inaugurated on Could 31, 1925, was the primary within the nation devoted to our heroine . On a baroque type pedestal is the complete dimension bronze statue of Ecaterina Teodoroiu along with her left hand holding a weapon and her raised proper hand holding a army helmet. On the plinth of the statue are offered the crown and the Romanian flag. *The Azuga Heroes Monument, carved in 1937 by Ioan Iordănescu, consists of two sculptural teams: on the proper, a girl symbolizing the Motherland helps a wounded soldier; on the left Ecaterina Teodoroiu in army uniform in the meanwhile when she is hit by an murderer’s bullet, standing subsequent to a soldier leaning on a cannon. *Brazil Memorial/the sculptor Vasile Ionescu-Varo has a bronze plate on the base of the plinth the place the next inscription is engraved: “Sublieutenant, Erou Ecaterina Teodoroiu fell within the battles of Mărăşeşti, August 1917”. The memorial was inaugurated in 1928. *The statue of Târgu Jiu was executed by the sculptor Iulia Oniță and positioned in 1978 on the Boulevard that bears her identify vis-à-vis Normal Faculty “Ecaterina Teodoroiu”. *The Victory Monument in Tişita, 2.50 meters excessive and solid in bronze by the artist Oscar Han in 1934, represents Ecaterina Teodoroiu along with her sword raised above her head. The initiator of this monument was Pamfil Şeicaru who supplied all the mandatory funds. King Carol II of Romania and his son Mihai, Grand Voivode of Alba Iulia, have been current on the inauguration. * The bronze bust made in 1994 by sculptor Florin Musta is positioned on a marble plinth and positioned on the Alley of historic personalities on the plateau in entrance of Mărăşeşti Mausoleum. * The monument from the yr 1972 positioned within the neighborhood of the village of Muncelu / Străoane commune, on the proper facet of the highway to the city of Soveja, has a bas-relief of Ecaterina Teodoroiu positioned on the entrance of the plinth, under which the inscription: “On these locations fell heroically within the battles for the protection of the Motherland on August 22, 1917, the second lieutenant Ecaterina Teodoroiu.”; the writer of the Monument was the sculptor D. Iliescu. * Memorial from Bucharest, a bronze work by the artist Valentin Duic was unveiled in October 2023 on Panduri Highway. Ecaterina Teodoroiu is offered with a laurel wreath in her proper hand and the royal flag in her left hand.

Along with the bronze or marble memorial, the movie memorial contains two Romanian movies devoted to our nice heroine: Heroine Jiu/1931 directed by Ion Niculescu-Brună and Ecaterina Teodoroiu/1978 directed by Dinu Cocea. A spectacular continuation of respect for our nation’s historical past, expressed via cinema messages!