Dictionar Biografic
Biographical Dictionary
Author(s): Alexandru Chiriac, Florica Dobre, Adrian BrișcăSubject(s): Political history, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), History of Communism
Published by: Institutul National pentru Studiul Totalitarismului
Keywords: biographies; Emanoil Catelli; David Popescu; Ion Ufa; biographical index;
Summary/Abstract: He was a member of the Bessarabian government who voted for the union of that province with Romania on March 27, 1918. After the union, he was prefect of Bălți and then senator in the Romanian Parliament. In 1940 he stayed in Bessarabia and he was arrested and locked up in the municipal prison of Kishinev. General David Popescu (1886-1955) was Minister of the Interior from July 4 to September 6, 1940, and in January 1941 he was appointed commander of the 11th Infantry Division; with it, he participated in battles on the fronts of Bessarabia and Odessa until August 1941, when he was put in reserve. He was arrested in 1950, then freed in July 1953, as he was found not guilty. A former prefect of Severin, Ion Uță joined the National Peasant Party after August 23, 1944. Clandestine since May 1947, he took refuge in the Semenic Mountains, close to the commune of Teregova and he initiated, organized, and led the first anticommunist group of partisans in Banat. He died in the fight with the Securitate in 1949.
Journal: Arhivele Totalitarismului
- Issue Year: VII/1999
- Issue No: 1-2
- Page Range: 242-255
- Page Count: 14
- Language: Romanian
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