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Background
Doftana was a Romanian prison, sometimes referred to as "the Romanian Bastille". Now a ruin, it was built in 1895 in connection with nearby salt mines. Beginning in 1921 it was used to detain political prisoners, among them Max Goldstein, a revolutionary whose detonation of an explosive device in the Romanian Senate chamber in December 1920 prompted widespread suppression and detention of political radicals, including Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, who was later the Prime Minister of Romania (1952â1955), and the Chairman of the State Council of Romania (1961â1965), and Nicolae CeauÈescu, who went on to be General Secretary of Romanian Communist Party (1965â1989), and the first President of Romania (1974â1989).
The prison ruins are situated close to the village of Doftana, in the Telega commune of Prahova County.
Alexandru MoghioroÈ (Hungarian: Mogyorós Sándor; 23 October 1911 â 1 October 1969) was a Romanian communist activist and politician.
MoghioroÈ was born in 1911 into an ethnic Hungarian family, in Nagyszalonta, Austria-Hungary, now Salonta, Bihor County, Romania.
Ètefan ForiÈ (Romanian pronunciation: [ËÊteËfan ËforiÊ]; born István Fóris, also known as Marius; 9 May 1892 â summer 1946) was a Hungarian and Romanian communist journalist who served as general secretary of the Romanian Communist Party (PCR or PCdR) between December 1940 and April 1944.
Max Goldstein (1898â1924), also known as Coca, was a Romanian revolutionary, variously described as a communist and an anarchist, who carried out the first terrorist attacks in Romania.
Emil BodnÄraÈ (10 February 1904 â 24 January 1976) was a Romanian communist politician, an army officer, and a Soviet agent, who had considerable influence in the Romanian People's Republic.
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Gheorghe Apostol (16 May 1913 â 21 August 2010) was a Romanian politician, deputy Prime Minister of Romania and a former leader of the Communist Party (PCR), noted for his rivalry with Nicolae CeauÈescu.
Richard Wurmbrand (24 March 1909 â 17 February 2001), also known as Nicolai Ionescu, was a Romanian Evangelical Lutheran priest, and professor of Jewish descent.
Corneliu Zelea Codreanu1899–1938 · politician
Alexandru MoghioroÈ1911–1969 · politician
Ètefan ForiÈ1892–1946 · journalist
Max Goldstein1898–1924 · politician
Mihail Gheorghiu Bujor1881–1964 · journalist
Emil BodnÄraÈ1904–1976 · politician
Gheorghe Apostol1913–2010 · politician
Richard Wurmbrand1909–2001 · preacher