Romanian Communists in the Comintern Archive: Elena Filipovici, the Death of a professional revolutionary, 1934-1937, I Cover Image
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Comuniști din România în arhiva Cominternului: Elena Filipovici, sfârșitul unui revoluționar de profesie, 1934-1937, I
Romanian Communists in the Comintern Archive: Elena Filipovici, the Death of a professional revolutionary, 1934-1937, I

Author(s): Cristina Diac
Subject(s): History, Political history, Recent History (1900 till today), Special Historiographies:, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), History of Communism
Published by: Institutul National pentru Studiul Totalitarismului
Keywords: Great Purges; Moscow Show Trials; „social-fascism“; Marcel Pauker; Al. Daneliuk-Ștefanski; Grivița strike from 1933;

Summary/Abstract: Starting from Elena Filipovici’s case, this article explores the history of the CommunistParty of Romania in the 30’s, emphasising especially the period between 1934 and 1938. It refers to how the popular front strategy influenced the C.P.o.R.’s leadership and the Romanian political colony in Moscow. It also tries to explain how the political networks functioned during the Great Terror, and how the personal and professional interfered.Elena Filipovici, a Romanian professional revolutionary, was subject to an inquiry which led to the activist’s death in December 1937. This article concentrates on how this person reacted prior to her arrest and imprisonment.

  • Issue Year: XXV/2017
  • Issue No: 3-4
  • Page Range: 219-239
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Romanian