Cazul Vasile Luca, „reţeaua informativă Samoilov” şi situaţia comuniştilor români din U.R.S.S., II: 1945-1954
The Case of Vasile Luca, the Samoilov Espionage Network and the State of Romanian Communists in SSSR, II: 1945-1954
Author(s): Dan CătănuşSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, History, Recent History (1900 till today)
Published by: Institutul National pentru Studiul Totalitarismului
Keywords: Vasile Luca; Samuil I. Samoilov; Communist Party of Romania; espionage; Soviet Union; World War II; anti-Zionism;
Summary/Abstract: The second part of this study follows the events during 1945-1954. As it was argued by the Securitate, the subversive relation between Vasile Luca and the Soviet colonel Samuil Samoilov carried on after the end of the war and proved beneficial for the World Zionist Organization. The Securitate accusations talked about the support Luca and Samoilov gave to Jew emigration to Palestine and, their connections to persons or Zionist organizations.Furthermore, Samoilov, Luca’s wife, Betty, and other members of the group were Jews.Although the Securitate dropped the espionage charges against Luca in 1954, following Stalin's death, this article argues the Vasile Luca was indeed involved in espionage activity but not against the Soviet Union, instead of its behalf.
Journal: Arhivele Totalitarismului
- Issue Year: XXV/2017
- Issue No: 3-4
- Page Range: 57-68
- Page Count: 12
- Language: Romanian
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