The Szekler Museum of Ciuc is holding an exhibition to recall the events of a hundred years ago. The exhibition summarises the events mainly from the perspective of the civilian population, showing the route of the refugees and giving an insight into the fighting in the area with the help of many previously unknown photographs. Several institutions, researchers and individuals have contributed to the exhibition.

On 27 August 1916, Romania gave up its neutrality and entered the war on the side of the Antant. On the same day, its troops stormed the passes and passes of the Carpathians, including the border crossing at Ghimeș. Ciuc County became a war zone and remained so for many months. This period was one of the most tragic in the history of Miercurea Ciuc: almost the entire population fled (some accounts say only ten elderly people remained), leaving the town free to be ransacked by the invading troops until the retreating Romanian forces set fire to part of the settlement on 9 October.