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The prison began as Fort 13, part of the fortifications of Bucharest built in the 1870s and 1880s. It served as an arms deposit and garrison until 1907, when people arrested during the peasants' revolt were brought there. It then served as a military prison until 1948.
Văcărești Prison was a prison located in Bucharest, Romania. Detainees at Văcărești Prison in the 1930s. The prison, situated in the southern part of the city, was established in 1865 within the former Văcărești Monastery , where defendants found guilty of press offenses had been held since 1861. It was a place of triage, detaining ...
The Jilava massacre [1] took place during the night of November 26, 1940, at Jilava Prison, near Bucharest, Romania.Sixty-four political detainees were killed by the Iron Guard (Legion), with further high-profile assassinations in the immediate aftermath.
The death of Ion Pistol, shot for aggravated homicide in May 1987, marked the country's last regular execution. [18] Romania's last executions were those of Ceaușescu himself and his wife Elena, following the overthrow of the regime in the Romanian Revolution of 1989; they were subjected to a show trial and then shot by a firing squad. [16]
The prison was created from a converted fort built by Carol I of Romania. Adrian Nastase, former Prime Minister of Romania, was held in Jilava prison for 8 months of a 2-year sentence. [2] Pitești Prison: about 1942–1952 Pitești: Political prison: scene of abusive re-education practices 1949–51 Râmnicu Sărat Prison: 1901-1963 Râmnicu ...
In September 2013, he was indicted for genocide before the High Court of Cassation and Justice in Bucharest. [14] Ficior was convicted in March 2017 for crimes against humanity, and sentenced to 20 years in prison for the deaths of 103 political inmates at Periprava; [15] he died at Jilava Prison in September 2018, at age 90. [1]
Ion Rîmaru ([iˈon rɨˈmaru]; modern spelling Râmaru; 12 October 1946 – 23 October 1971) was a Romanian serial killer dubbed the Vampire of Bucharest (Vampirul din București) or the Blondes' Killer (criminalul blondelor). [1] Rîmaru terrorized Bucharest between 1970 and 1971, killing four women and attacking more than ten others ...
The Bucharest Tribunal sentenced a total of 187 people. At the main trial, in May 1946, of the leaders of the former Fascist government of Ion Antonescu, twenty four defendants stood before the Tribunal. The court handed down 13 death sentences, but six were pronounced in absentia and never carried out. Of the remaining seven death sentences, 3 ...