A FORGOTTEN GENDARME - ARMY CORPS GENERAL (R.) CONSTANTIN (PIKI) Z. VASILIU (II)
A FORGOTTEN GENDARME - ARMY CORPS GENERAL (R.) CONSTANTIN (PIKI) Z. VASILIU (II)
Author(s): Ioan LăcătuşuSubject(s): Military history, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Centrul tehnic-editorial al armatei
Keywords: Second World War; Romanian Gendarmerie; Transnistria; People’s Tribunal; Jilava prison;
Summary/Abstract: The author continues to present the key dates of Constantin Z. Vasiliu’s personal life and professional activity, starting from the moment he was promoted to Brigadier General and called in activity, then reviewing the period he was appointed Inspector General of the Romanian Gendarmerie and Undersecretary of State for police and security in the Ministry of Interior. Special attention is paid to General Vasiliu’s activity in office during the Second World War, his conflicts with the German Abwehr and the allegations of extermination of Jews. In the end, the author writes about the final period of General Vasiliu’s life, after 23 August 1944, when he was arrested, placed in detention and trialled in the so-called “Trial of the great national betrayal”, which condemned him to death penalty four times.
Journal: Romanian Military Thinking
- Issue Year: 2011
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 190-197
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English
