Seceta din 1945-1947 din România și consecințele ei asupra țărănimii
The 1945-1947 Drought in Romania and Its Impact on the Peasantry

Summary/Abstract: At the end of 1944, when a large number of Soviet troops were stationed in the territory of Romania and the Romanian army was fighting to liberate the Northwestern part of Transylvania, a domestic farming crisis broke out, becoming even more acute in the following years. Worst hit were the inhabitants in Northern Moldavia, where in the winter of 1944-1945 hunger, the bitter cold and typhoid killed about 80,000 people. Of course, the political regime that had just taken over the power cannot be blamed for the natural disaster that hit Romania, but the regime was responsible for the chaos created in agriculture by the manner the 1945 land reform was implemented. It was also to blame for the spoliation of the wealthy farmers and of other population segments through the system of mandatory quotas, and for neglecting the poor peasantry, which it did not lend the necessary support, the result being a heavy tribute of human loss.

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