Jilava is a commune in Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania, near Bucharest. It is composed of a single village, Jilava. The name derives from a Romanian word...
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Jilava Prison (Romanian: Penitenciarul București–Jilava) is a prison located in Jilava, a village south of Bucharest, Romania. The prison began as Fort...
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The Jilava massacre took place during the night of November 26, 1940, at Jilava Prison, near Bucharest, Romania. Sixty-four political detainees were killed...
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The only postwar execution of Romanian war criminals, Jilava, 1 June 1946....
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Nicolae Ceaușescu (category Inmates of Jilava Prison)
order", spending the time during the war in prisons and internment camps: Jilava (1940), Caransebeș (1942), Văcărești (1943), and Târgu Jiu (1943). Ceaușescu...
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Eugen Țurcanu (category Inmates of Jilava Prison)
reduced scale until that December. On 19 December he was transferred to Jilava Prison. Țurcanu and his group of torturers were tried in September–November...
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Gherla Prison 1785 Gherla Maximum security prison Jilava Prison Converted from a fort in 1907 Jilava commune, Ilfov County The prison was created from...
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or officials were executed by the Iron Guard in the Jilava prison while awaiting trial (see Jilava Massacre). Later that day, historian and former prime...
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November 1940 more than 60 former dignitaries or officials were executed in Jilava prison while awaiting trial. The following day, historian and former prime...
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units; civilians are forbidden entry. The best-known fort is number 13, at Jilava—a military prison from 1907, a feared destination for political prisoners...
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