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Destine paralele:România si Polonia fată în fată cu totalitarismele secolului XX
Parallel Destinies: Romania and Poland Facing the Totalitarianisms of the XX century

Author(s): Ion Constantin
Subject(s): History
Published by: Institutul National pentru Studiul Totalitarismului
Keywords: Romania; Poland; totalitarianism; XX century

Summary/Abstract: In 1918, both Poland and Romania shared a similar destiny: they became victims of the Ribbentrop-Molotov Non Aggression Treaty and were invaded by the Soviet Union at the beginning of the War World II. After the war ended both countries were economically and military integrated into organizations created by the Soviets: the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (1949) and the Warsaw Treaty (1955). Unlike Poland, in Romania there wasn’t a real process of destalinization. The rise of Polish Solidarnosc, in August 1980, generated reactions throughout the world. In spite of the Romanian Communist regime repressiveness, Iulius Filip, a military master in Cluj-Napoca, sent a letter of solidarity to the Polish Sindicate.

  • Issue Year: XVII/2009
  • Issue No: 3-4
  • Page Range: 165-172
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Romanian