Valea Ierii and the Second World War

During the Second World War, many residents of the village were conscripted into the army — 11% of the total population at that time. Most took part in military operations on the Eastern Front, for the liberation of Bukovina and Bessarabia, and later on Soviet territory in battles at Odessa, the Crimea-Sevastopol area, Stalingrad-Caucasus, and Kuban.

From the commune of Valea Ierii, 22 people lost their lives either on the battlefield or in captivity.

Between August 23 and October 25, 1944, during the campaign to liberate neighboring countries and defeat Nazism, 6 more individuals from Valea Ierii died.

The battles of September 1944, fought on the territory of the commune, hold special significance.

To stop the advance of the Romanian 4th Army, the Hungarian 2nd Army attacked along the Gilău–Turda–Aiud line, surrounding Romanian forces positioned on Feleac Hill. Battalions 8 and 10 VM of the 2nd Mountain Division liberated Hașdate and Finișel and engaged enemy troops in the Battle of Plopilor Hill. Forty-four Romanian soldiers from Battalions 8 and 10 VM lost their lives.

There are three heroes' cemeteries on the territory of the commune: in the main village, on Prislop Hill, and on Bordii Hill.

From 1945 onwards, Valea Ierii, like all of Romania, came under Soviet influence and the communist regime, which ended in December 1989.