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Represiunea comunistă în România.Penitenciare si colonii de muncă din Maramures, I
The Communist Repression in Romania. Penitentiaries and Forced Labour Colonies in Maramureş I

Author(s): Andrea Dobeş
Subject(s): History
Published by: Institutul National pentru Studiul Totalitarismului
Keywords: Romania; Communism; repression; forced labour; penitentiaries

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: XV/2007
  • Issue No: 3-4
  • Page Range: 61-68
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Romanian