MIŞCAREA NAŢIONALĂ DE REZISTENŢĂ DIN OLTENIA (M.N.R.O.). ROLUL MĂNĂSTIRII TISMANA
The National Movement of Resistance in Oltenia. Tismana Monastery

Summary/Abstract: This study deals with the National Movement of Resistance in Oltenia. A few Romanians chose to go in the mountains and to organize military resistance against Soviet occupation and communism. We tried to emphasize the role of the general Ion Carlaonţ, and also the role of the abbot of Tismana monastery, Gherasim Iscu. This place had to represent the center of the movement, a kind of headquarter. The resistance against communism in Gorj and in the region of Oltenia began in 1945. Among the most important personalities, we have to mention Ion Carlaonţ, Aurel Aldea, Gheorghe Cărăuşu, Ştefan Hălălău. Ion Carlaonţ was born in the village of Tihomir (Miculeşti). The main activities were to be carried out in the counties of Gorj and Mehedinţi, especially in the localities Tismana, Apa Neagră and Padeş. Among the collaborators, we mention the following names: Victor Croitoru, Teodor Palamaru, Gherasim Cărăvan (priest in the monastery), Gheorghe Avramescu (the mayor of Tismana village), Ion Raţă from Racoţi-Arjoci, Pătraşcu, Petrişor Bărbulescu, Jean Bărbulescu, gen. Săvoiu, cpt. Căpăţână, Saiu Ciotor and others. The anti-communist fighters were captured by the authorities and condemned to many years of imprisonment: for instance, Ioan Robu twenty years, Ion Carlaonţ fifteen years and father Gherasim Iscu ten years of heavy jail. So, unfortunatelly, the National Movement of Resistance in Oltenia remained only a simple project.

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