Gheorghe Arsenescu
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Gheorghe Arsenescu (May 31, 1907 – February 29, 1962), was a Romanian army officer who led an anti-communist resistance movement in post-World War II Romania. He was born in Câmpulung.
Colonel Arsenescu, together with a fellow army officer, Toma Arnăuţoiu, formed a group named "Haiducii Muscelului" (Romanian for "The Outlaws from Muscel").[1] Arsenescu's resistance group operated out of the Southern Făgăraş Mountains. He was captured by the Securitate in 1961 and executed in 1962 at Jilava Prison. A notable member of Arsenescu's resistance movement was Elisabeta Rizea, who was captured by the Securitate at the same time as he was.[2]
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[edit] References
- Deletant, Dennis. Resistance to Communist Rule in Romania, 1944-60. http://www.ssees.ucl.ac.uk/deletant1956.doc.
- Tănase, Cristina (September 2004). "Elisabeta Rizea, Forgotten Hero Remembered". Vivid Online. http://www.vivid.ro/vivid65/pages65/feature65.htm.
[edit] External links
- (English) Toma Arnautoiu - The anti-communist partisans of Nucsoara - Biography, photos, documents about Toma Arnautoiu.
