Rechiziţionarea conacelor moşieresti în judeţul Teleorman, 1948
“Our Luggage is Always Ready” – Requisition of Landowners’ Mansions in 1948

Summary/Abstract: On instructions from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in 1948 the landowners’ mansions were requisitioned partially or totally. Landowners represented the real authority in the world of Romanian villages. Through requisition, the communist authorities impoverished the landlords and limited their authority. The state planned to use the mansions to shelter institutions like municipalities, schools, banks, post offices, etc. or simply the staff of these institutions. There were cases when the owners were driven out of their properties and forced to rent another house. The mansions were not given back to their owners as in 1949, based on decree no. 83, all the landowners’ goods had become state assets.

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