 Thus, crossing the frontier was a mere formality.Needless to say, the news of the atrocity committed in Toracul Mare, also reached Romania.Afterwards, Romanian frontier guards would often escort villagers returning to Torac from Romania and traveling on the old dirt road (known as drumul mare or the Timişoara-Becicherecul Mare road, originally established under Austria-Hungary) to the outskirts of the village, to ensure that they had reached home safely.