The Days of the 1956 Revolution and the Years of Retaliation in Cluj Napoca
The Days of the 1956 Revolution and the Years of Retaliation in Cluj Napoca

Summary/Abstract: In 1956 there was not a revolution in Romania, however, the show of sympathy towards the Hungarian revolution provoked various forms of retaliation, and also triggered a showdown with the real or putative enemies of the communist regime. The history of the nation’s attitudes towards the revolution’s events and objectives – including the behaviour of the Hungarians – is quite well known, but on the 60th anniversary of the revolution it is definitely worth taking a closer look on the effects and projections of this huge event in ClujNapoca (Kolozsvár). Following Stalin’s death, in 1953 the icy tension of the Cold War began to thaw, and the population of the countries that were rendered under Soviet subordination after the Second World War began to feel hopeful: the dictatorship could be replaced with a more democratic regime, with some kind of reform communism.

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