People of the Revolution and the USSR
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Iuliu Maniu Iuliu Maniu
Leader of the National Peasant Party who led Transylvania's union with Romania, sentenced to life in 1947 and dead in Sighet prison
Political and party leadership
1873–1953
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Ion Antonescu Ion Antonescu
The Conducător who took Romania into the Axis war against the Soviet Union and ordered the killings in Transnistria, executed at Jilava in 1946
Government and administration · Romania
1882–1946
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Petre Dumitrescu Petre Dumitrescu
Romania's commander on the Eastern Front
Military command · Romania
1882–1950
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Béla Kun Kun Béla
133 days of the second Soviet state in Europe, and the execution cellar 19 years later
Political and party leadership · Party of Communists in Hungary (KMP)
1886–1938
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Michael I Mihai I
The last King of Romania, who arrested Antonescu on 23 August 1944 to bring the country over to the Allies and abdicated at gunpoint in 1947
Monarchs and royalty · Romania
1921–2017