World War I memorial in Alsószecse
Statue, monument, memorial plaque
At the beginning of the twentieth century, out of the almost entirely Hungarian inhabitants of the settlement - according to the names on the World War I memorial - 19 gave their lives for their Hungarian homeland. ; After the Second World War, more than half of the Hungarian population of Alsószecse (56 families) was resettled to Hungary. In 2011, 38 of its 417 inhabitants declared themselves Hungarian.
Inscription/symbol:
OUR HEROIC SONS! / WITH A SORE HEART, WITH SAD TEARS / WE REMEMBER THEM / AND IF WE ARE NOT .... THIS BRIGHT STONE / WILL PRESERVE THE LAUGHTER. / ANDRÁS CSEKEI / LAJOS CSEKEI / ISTVÁN GUTRAI / ISTVÁN KEMÉNY, / SON OF SÁNDOR KÚCS BIRÓ / LÁSZLÓ PÓLYA / GYULA GÁL / SÁNDOR KEMÉNY SENIOR / ZSIGMOND KÁLNAI / SÁNDOR KÚCS / GYULA KEMÉNY / LAJOS ZSIDÓ / SÁNDOR KEMÉNY YOUNG / LAJOS HAJZER / GYULA KÁLNAI / JÁNOS ZSIDÓ / KÁROLY KÁLNAI / ÁRPÁD CSEKEI / GREETINGS / BY THE AUDIENCE OF ALSÓSZECSE / 1935.
Inventory number:
3432
Municipality:
Alsószecse
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(a református templommal szemben)
