DIN REZISTEN"A ARMATĂ LA COMUNISM: CĂPITANUL NICOLAE TROCAN; „MI:CAREA ROMÂNĂ DE REZISTENŢĂ”
From the Armed Resistance to Communism: Cpt. Trocan Nicolae and “The Romanian Resistance Movement” Between History and Memory

Summary/Abstract: This study concerns one of the episodes of the military struggle against the communism, the revolt leaded by the captain aviator Nicolae (Nicu) Trocan. The conquest of the country carried out by the Soviet Red Army gave birth to a strong resistance in all regions of Romania. At the beginning, Nicolae Trocan started alone the fight against communist regime. A little bit later, other people joined him. We mention here Sever Popescu and Nicolae ( Nicu) Vulcănescu. A few villages as Cătunele, Valea Perilor, Valea Mănăstirii, Glogova, Rătezu and Ploştina represented the centre of the whole action. After that, in order to baffle Militia and Securitate, Nicolae Trocan decided to move his “headquarter” into the village of Şovarna. The zone where the captain Trocan and his followers took their action was quite extensive. It included all the forests and villages from Northern Oltenia. The armed revolt of the aviator Nicolae Trocan was not isolated. His group established relationships with the Romanian Resistance Movement, leaded by the school teacher Dumitru Totir, the ship builder Dumitru Năsărâmbă and the lawyer Gheorghe Florescu. The purpose of this organization was the military resistance to communist power. That’s why it sent messages to Western governments. These messages referred to the frauds of the Romanian authorities. The contacts with Serbian sailors are also known. Different persons as Nicolae Ursoniu, Aurel Albu, Dumitru Viaşu, Gheorghe Boulescu, Constantin Chiţimia and Titu Nişulescu offered shelter and aid to Nicolae Trocan and his group. After Sever Popescu’s death, shot by Securitate, he was replaced by his brother Victor Popescu. The oral witnesses, a declaration and a letter preserved into the archives of Militia help us to have a real image about the anticommunist fighter Nicolae Trocan, about his deeds. Securitate and Militia increased actions to capture Trocan and his adherents. Finally, unfortunately, Nicolae Trocan was betrayed by the school teacher Gheorghe Boulescu. The communist authorities sentenced Nicolae Trocan, Dumitru Totir and Dumitru Năsărâmbă to death. All the others, who had supported the captain aviator were arrested and imprisoned for many years: the sailors Nicolae Chiriţă and Ion Galici, the teachers Constantin Chiţimia, Pera, Caţan, Dăruială, Aurel Albu, his mother and his sister, the lawyer Sever Gheaţă and others, a lot of people who fought against communism. But there were also peasants and workers. All their goods were confiscated. Aurel Albu and Dumitru Viaşu offered important information about the inhumane conditions of detention endured in the prisons from Craiova, Jilava and Baia Sprie.

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