„Tovarășii de drum” din Ministerul Afacerilor Interne (1945-1952)
„Fellow-travellers” at the Ministry of Internal Affairs (1945-1952)

Summary/Abstract: The article presents a brief analysis of the process of co-opting, remodeling and, subsequently, marginalizing and purging some governmental cadres from pre-communist time. These officials worked in the Ministry of Internal Affairs apparatus before March 6, 1945, the date on which King Michael of Romania brought to power the pro-communist „Government of Broad Democratic Concentration”, led by the president of the Ploughmen’s Front, Petru Groza. The contribution argues that the communist regime first used, then discarded a significant number of military professionals who belonged to the „enemy class” (a mixture of royalists and right-wing officers). To make this argument the study introduces a series of prominent names from the command structure of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (post-March 6, 1945), who in previous regimes had held significant positions in the army, police, security forces or gendarmerie.

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