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Summary/Abstract: Gheorghe Alexianu, law professor at the University of Cernăuţi (then in Romania), was General Governor of Transnistria appointed by Marshall Ion Antonescu's military Government after the conquest of the region in August 1941 by Romania. After a 3-year regime he was arrested as criminal of war for the crimes perpetrated during his war administration against the local population, the Jews and the Soviet Union. The last leader of communist Romania had a long career in the communist party, which began when he was an adolescent and ended with his death in December 1989. In the years of the party’s underground activity, he was imprisoned several times. After August 23, 1944 he held several positions both in the party apparat and in the state structures. From 1954 until the death of Gheorghiu-Dej, Nicolae Ceausescu’s career developed mostly in the party apparat. In 1965, when Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej died, he was appointed first secretary of the CC of the Romanian Workers Party.Octavian Goga was one of the Transylvanian intellectuals who fought for the Romanian national cause. In 1910, because of his political and cultural activity, he was arrested for eight days by the Hungarian authorities. After the end of the First World War, he was appointed minister in different Romanian governments, between 1920 and 1921. Meanwhile, he became a member of Romanian Academy (1921). His political sympathy for the extreme right movement grew in the 30’s. He was elected vice-president of the anti-Semitic National Christian Party and prime minister of Romania (1938). After a few months, on May 5, 1938, he suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and died. Alexandru Herlea was born on June 24, 1907 at Vinerea – Orastie, Alba County. Herlea began his teaching career at the Academy of High Agronomic Studies in Cluj. Besides, he conducted an intense journalistic activity motivated by the country’s major political, social and economic problems (1925-1947). Arrested in August 1949, he was sentenced to 5 years in prison.

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