Ilie Lazăr (1895-1976)
Ilie Lazăr (1895-1976)

Summary/Abstract: Leader of P.N.Ţ (National Peasant Party), president of Maramureş county organization, Ilie Lazăr (1895-1976) was three times deputy of Maramureş. Considered, along with Iuliu Maniu and Ion Mihalache, one of the most charismatic and beloved leaders of P.N.Ţ, enjoying a great popularity in the village world, especially in Transilvania, he was identified by the communists as one of the main enemies who, like his party, had to be removed as soon as possible from the political life. Arrested in July 1947, sentenced to 12 years in prison, after the conviction has expired he has not been released, being administratively retained because it was considered that his release would jeopardize,, the state security”. His attitude and behaviour have determined Securitatea to begin his informative pursuit since he was in detention, action which continued even after its release, in May 1964. Until his death in November 1976, Ilie Lazăr has remained faithful to a political belief in whose name he faced the Stalinist dictatorship and for which he had to endure the torments of the communist prisons. Characterized by great optimism and strong faith in God, Ilie Lazăr died peacefully because, as his daughter confessed, he was convinced that " the truth can not be defeated, anyway”.

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