IOAN GHERASIM, A LIFE IN SUFFERING FOR AN IDEAL
IOAN GHERASIM, A LIFE IN SUFFERING FOR AN IDEAL

Summary/Abstract: Ioan Gherasim is one of the hundreds of legionaries who went through prison as a result of being member of the Legionary Movement. He was born on July 30, 1921 in Bogata locality in the area called Căndărăi, located in the outskirts of Gheja village, from his parents Ioan and Ana.Between 1937-1938 he came in contact with the Legionary Movement but only as a sympathizer, without being a member. During this period he learned legionary songs, met the legionaries from the Brotherhoods of the Cross from Blaj. As a member of the F.D.C. Gherasim Ioan participated in the Legionary Rebellion from Blaj. After the Rebellion, he continued the activity within the Legionary Movement, underground. In May 1942 he was sentenced to 5 years of hard imprisonment for participating at the Legionary Rebellion in Blaj. After his release from prison he continued his high school studies, graduating high school in 1947. In the autumn of 1947 he was admitted to the Faculty of Agronomy in Cluj. There he activated in the group of legionary students from Cluj, an organization considered subversive by the authorities, known as the Legionary Student Center (LSC). He was sentenced to 15 years of hard work for unification against the social order. According to the criminal record and the report prepared by the Security organisation in 1956, he spent his detention years in the following prisons: Cluj (January 1949 - November 1949), Piteşti (November 1949 – December 1951), Gherla (several times), Jilava, Oradea (February 1955 - June 1955) and Aiud. After 1990 he campaigned for obtaining the rights for the former political prisoners, being the president A.F.D.P.R. Cluj branch.

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