The Communist Repression in Romania. Penitentiaries and Forced Labour Colonies in Maramureş, II Cover Image
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Represiunea comunistă în România: Penitenciare şi colonii de muncă în Maramureş, II
The Communist Repression in Romania. Penitentiaries and Forced Labour Colonies in Maramureş, II

Author(s): Andrea Dobeş
Subject(s): History
Published by: Institutul National pentru Studiul Totalitarismului
Keywords: Repression; Communist Regime; Penitentiaries; Forced Labour; Maramureş County

Summary/Abstract: In the beginning of the ’50 the concentration camp in Maramureş become a place for the extermination of the Communist regime opponents. In this regard Sighet penitentiary was a place for the extermination of the Romanian political and intellectual elites. Also, the forced labour colonies created around the lead mines had a double purpose: on the one hand, to produce non-ferrous ores at a lower cost and on the other hand to exterminate some of the political opponents.

  • Issue Year: XVI/2008
  • Issue No: 1-2
  • Page Range: 71-85
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Romanian