Un monument tardiv, dar esențial. Primul instrument enciclopedic al interferențelor germano-române în perioada 1918–1933

The encyclopaedic work German Language and Culture in Romania (1918–1933): Post-Imperial Realities, Public Discourse, and Cultural Fields, edited by Andrei Corbea-Hoișie and Rudolf Gräf, represents a unique and comprehensive research tool for the study of German-Romanian interferences during a period spanning two significant temporal thresholds. The work addresses not only historical and social aspects, but also public discourses that have influenced the collective memory of various groups in Romania. A special emphasis is placed on the cultural and linguistic interactions between German-speaking minorities (with different traditional identities) and the Romanian majority. This comprehensive presentation is of great importance to historians, linguists, and cultural studies researchers, and it will undoubtedly contribute to the dynamism of current German-Romanian interferences in cultural, social, political, and economic spheres, and to the revitalization (or reinvention?) of Germanism in Romania. However, it is regrettable that it has only now appeared, at a time when there are almost no native German speakers left in Romania.