Valurile de arestari din anul 1947
The Waves of Arrests in 1947

Summary/Abstract: The successive arrests ordered in 1947 by the leaders of the new political regime were meant to instill fear in those who opposed Communism, to weaken the resistance of the historical parties, the National Peasant Party (Maniu) and the National Liberal Party (Bratianu), against the anti-capitalist offensive of the Communist Party. Besides, they paved the way for the banning of the political opposition. Although the regime’s repression had a considerable impact on many people in Romania, on the other hand it determined a surge in the armed resistance of the anticommunist organizations set up in various regions and particularly in the mountains.

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