About Arad goes forward!: Chapters in the history of the city. From the mid-19th century to the early 20th century
The joint work of our historians based on proven facts offers a reference reading for all those interested in the city of Arad and all our cities. In this work are presented the details of the contribution of our predecessors, a contribution that spans several centuries, to the founding and development of the city, details that have been ignored by others and that are finally put in their place.
The chapters of the book tell us about the formation of Arad and the process by which it evolved from a simple settlement on the banks of the Mures to a modern European city. At the same time we get a faithful description of the urbanisation process through which the responsible citizens and the city leaders of that time created the image of today’s Arad and laid its social and economic foundations.
The authors introduce the reader to the atmosphere of our city by presenting the development of the institutional system led by personalities who defined the intellectual and cultural development of Arad.
The fruit of the work of our forefathers, Arad is a city with a European character, with a cultural heritage of which any citizen of Arad can be proud and whose preservation and enhancement should be the joint responsibility of the entire local community. Awareness of our values can provide a basis for creating this sense of responsibility. This book can provide a valuable service in this process and we hope that many people will read it.
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In 2017 at the Cluj County Library Gabriel participated in the specialization courses in the field of librarianship (module II) which was to end with a graduation exam consisting of three tests, one of which was writing a paper on a topic chosen by the candidate. Driven by an undisguised local patriotism, after studying several specialist books Gabriel chose to tackle the history of Arad and to present it very briefly in the paper entitled “Arad – multiculturalism and model of coexistence”.
Coming from a mixed Romanian-Hungarian family, Gabriel grew up in a district of Arad where almost all the inhabitants spoke fluent Romanian, Hungarian and German, and some of them even Serbian; without making much of a fuss about this state of affairs which was considered common in everyday life. Thus Gabriel learned from his childhood that mutual respect and mutual knowledge were the key to good coexistence between people of different nationalities, cultures or confessions. Gabriel realised in his adult years that Arad had a strong multicultural tradition that was worth promoting and continuing. So he decided to publish online the mentioned work, to which through study, hard work, at his own expense and with the help of his collaborators Gabriel have added new chapters in the last four and a half years.
Without any lack of modesty, Gabriel believes that this collection is a valuable resource available to those interested in the city of Arad, as the topics presented have not been published so far in Romanian or English