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Summary/Abstract: Emil Bobu (n. 1927) Appointed member of Central Comittee of Romanian Communist Party în 1965, Emil Bobu (born 1927) was one of the most devoted communist activists to Nicolae Ceausescu. He occupied important positions in the state and party apparatus, such as: Interior minister (1973-1975), vicepresident of State Council (1975-1979), president of UGSR’s Central Comittee (1979). After the fall of communist regime, he was arrested and sentenced to 10 years of prison. Dumitru Cinciu (1904-1982) Dumitru Cinciu (1904-1982) was a well-known Orthodox priest from Craiova, Dolj County. Although a member of the Iron Guard in the 1930s, he protected the local Jews during the government of Marshal Antonescu and earning their respect. During the WWII, he served as military chaplain on the Eastern Front. He was arrested in November 1944 as “Fascist”, but released in 1945. Arrested again in 1952 and 1959, he was finally freed in 1964 together with all anti-Communist prisoners. The Communist authorities forced him to retire from the „Adormirea Maicii Domnului” – Mântuleasa parish in 1978. Petru Dumitriu (1924-2002) Petre Dumitriu was one of the expectations of the young writers generation promoted by the communist regim. Inspired by the great novels of the Russian and French Realism, the work which brought him whole success is, undorebtedly for the Romanian public – Family Chronicale. He asked for political asylum to the Federal German Government in 1960 „choosing the liberty”. His gesture did not have political reasons. Further more it standed for the broking of envy gerated by such a fulminant ascent. Treying to integrate himself to the stream and the efforts of emphasizing the working mechanisms of the totalitarism regimes, he would have published „Meeting at the doomsday” (1961) and „Incognito” (1962), the last novel being included in „Lexicon der Weltliteratur”. There are key-moments in the destiny and work of this writer who will be evaluated much were by the literatury histories than historians can do. Aurel Vijoli (1902 – 1981). Aurel Vijoli (12 February 1902 – 1 July 1981) was governor of the National Bank of Romania between 18 November 1947 – 5 March 1952 and made an important contribution to the reorganization of the banking system according to the ideology of RWP. In the political context of „right deviation” Vijoli and some other high officials in the Ministry of Finance and the State Bank were arrested in March 1952 under the accusation sabotaging the monetary reform from 27 January 1952 and undermining the Romanian popular democratic regime. He was released after two years in detention without having been convicted. In 1956 he was partially rehabilitated. Between 1957- 1968 he was minister of Finance. After the Party plenary in April 1968 he was fully rehabilitated.

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