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Events from the year 1951 in Romania. The year saw the Bărăgan deportations.

Incumbents

Events

30 March – The Securitate is reorganised under the name Direcția Generală a Securității Statului (DGSS).^[4]
18 June – The Bărăgan deportations, during which 44,000 residents from Caraș-Severin, Mehedinți and Timiș County are deported. 2,000 die.^[5]
20 October – The Frederic and Cecilia Cuțescu-Storck Art Museum is opened as a public gallery.^[6]
15 December – The first Five-Year Plan (1951–1955) is voted by the Great National Assembly; the main objective of the plan is the construction of the Danube–Black Sea Canal.

Popular culture

In Our Village (În sat la noi), directed by Jean Georgescu and Victor Iliu.^[7]
Life Triumphs (Viața învinge), directed by Dinu Negreanu.^[8]

Births

14 January – Fița Rafira, middle-distance runner, medal winner at the 1984 Summer Olympics.^[9]
22 July – Dan Ilie Ciobotea, the future Patriarch Daniel of Romania.^[10]
1 September – Nicu Ceaușescu, physicist and communist politician (died 1996).

Deaths

14 January – Tancred Constantinescu, engineer and politician, died at Sighet Prison (born 1878).^[11]
15 March – Gheorghe Tașcă, economist, lawyer, academic, diplomat, and politician; a corresponding member of the Romanian Academy, he died at Sighet Prison (born 1875).^[12]
19 April – Ion Manolescu-Strunga, politician, died at Sighet Prison (born 1889).^[13]
22 May – Istrate Micescu, lawyer, died in Aiud Prison (born 1881).^[14]
18 July – Toma Arnăuțoiu, officer who led a group of anti-communist resistance fighters from 1949 to 1958, executed at Jilava Prison (born 1921).^[15]
10 December – Anton Durcovici, bishop of Iași in the Roman Catholic Church and martyr, he died at Sighet Prison and was beatified on 17 May 2014 (born 1888).^[16]

References

^ Cioroianu, Adrian (2005). Pe umerii lui Marx. O introducere în istoria comunismului românesc [On the Shoulders of Marx. An Introduction into the History of Romanian Communism] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Editura Curtea Veche. p. 280. ISBN 978-973-669-390-8.
^ Tucker, Spencer (2020). The Cold War: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. p. 669. ISBN 978-1-44086-076-8.
^ Bell, Imogen (2003). Central and South-Eastern Europe. London: Europa. p. 483. ISBN 978-1-85743-186-5.
^ Deletant, Dennis (1999). Communist Terror in Romania: Gheorghiu-Dej and the Police State, 1948-1965. London: C. Hurst. p. 328. ISBN 978-1-85065-386-8.
^ Stan, Lavinia (2014). Transitional Justice in Post-Communist Romania: The Politics of Memory. New York: Cambridge University Press. pp. 9–10. ISBN 978-1-10702-053-5.
^ Ion, Narcis Dorin (2003). Bucureşti: în căutarea Micului Paris [Bucharest: In Search of Little Paris] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Tritonic. p. 85. ISBN 978-9-73849-750-4.
^ Virginás, Andrea (2021). Film Genres in Hungarian and Romanian Cinema: History, Theory, and Reception. Lanham: Lexington Books. p. 50. ISBN 978-1-79361-344-8.
^ Căliman, Călin (2017). Istoria Filmului Românesc [A History of Romanian Film] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Editura Contemporanul. p. 178. ISBN 978-6-06884-306-3.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Fița Lovin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2022. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 3 March 2016 suggested (help)
^ Leuștean, Lucian N. (2017). Eastern Christianity and Politics in the Twenty-First Century. London: Routledge. p. 108. ISBN 978-1-31781-866-3.
^ Ionițoiu, Cicerone (2000), Victimele terorii comuniste. Arestați, torturați, întemnițați, uciși. Dicționar (PDF) (in Romanian), Bucharest: Editura Mațina de scris, p. 207, ISBN 973-99994-2-5, retrieved 20 April 2020
^ Popescu, Sorin; Prelipceanu, Tudor (2016), "Gheorghe Tașcă – economist și jurist de seamă, victimă a represiunii comuniste", Memoria, revista gândirii arestate (in Romanian), 94 (1): 78–86
^ Ionițoiu, Cicerone (2000), Victimele terorii comuniste. Arestați, torturați, întemnițați, uciși. Dicționar (PDF) (in Romanian), Bucharest: Editura Mațina de scris, pp. 63–64, ISBN 973-99994-2-5, retrieved 1 September 2022
^ Neagoe, Claudiu-Ion (2013). Istorie, Civilizație, Cultură în Spațiul Românesc [History, Civilization and Culture in the Romanian World]. Bucharest: Ars Docendi. p. 167. ISBN 978-9-73558-705-5.
^ Iancu, Mariana (July 19, 2019). "Detalii terifiante din noaptea în care a fost asasinat Toma Arnăuțoiu. Eroul din munți a fost executat sumar în închisoare". Adevărul (in Romanian). Retrieved August 16, 2022.
^ Jonathan Luxmoore (16 May 2014). "Romanian Catholic bishop martyred by communists beatified tomorrow". Catholic Herald. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2018.

[1] Cioroianu, Adrian (2005). Pe umerii lui Marx. O introducere în istoria comunismului românesc [On the Shoulders of Marx. An Introduction into the History of Romanian Communism] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Editura Curtea Veche. p. 280. ISBN 978-973-669-390-8.

[2] Tucker, Spencer (2020). The Cold War: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. p. 669. ISBN 978-1-44086-076-8.

[3] Bell, Imogen (2003). Central and South-Eastern Europe. London: Europa. p. 483. ISBN 978-1-85743-186-5.

[4] Deletant, Dennis (1999). Communist Terror in Romania: Gheorghiu-Dej and the Police State, 1948-1965. London: C. Hurst. p. 328. ISBN 978-1-85065-386-8.

[5] Stan, Lavinia (2014). Transitional Justice in Post-Communist Romania: The Politics of Memory. New York: Cambridge University Press. pp. 9–10. ISBN 978-1-10702-053-5.

[6] Ion, Narcis Dorin (2003). Bucureşti: în căutarea Micului Paris [Bucharest: In Search of Little Paris] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Tritonic. p. 85. ISBN 978-9-73849-750-4.

[7] Virginás, Andrea (2021). Film Genres in Hungarian and Romanian Cinema: History, Theory, and Reception. Lanham: Lexington Books. p. 50. ISBN 978-1-79361-344-8.

[8] Căliman, Călin (2017). Istoria Filmului Românesc [A History of Romanian Film] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Editura Contemporanul. p. 178. ISBN 978-6-06884-306-3.

[9] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Fița Lovin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2022. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 3 March 2016 suggested (help)

[10] Leuștean, Lucian N. (2017). Eastern Christianity and Politics in the Twenty-First Century. London: Routledge. p. 108. ISBN 978-1-31781-866-3.

[11] Ionițoiu, Cicerone (2000), Victimele terorii comuniste. Arestați, torturați, întemnițați, uciși. Dicționar (PDF) (in Romanian), Bucharest: Editura Mațina de scris, p. 207, ISBN 973-99994-2-5, retrieved 20 April 2020

[12] Popescu, Sorin; Prelipceanu, Tudor (2016), "Gheorghe Tașcă – economist și jurist de seamă, victimă a represiunii comuniste", Memoria, revista gândirii arestate (in Romanian), 94 (1): 78–86

[13] Ionițoiu, Cicerone (2000), Victimele terorii comuniste. Arestați, torturați, întemnițați, uciși. Dicționar (PDF) (in Romanian), Bucharest: Editura Mațina de scris, pp. 63–64, ISBN 973-99994-2-5, retrieved 1 September 2022

[14] Neagoe, Claudiu-Ion (2013). Istorie, Civilizație, Cultură în Spațiul Românesc [History, Civilization and Culture in the Romanian World]. Bucharest: Ars Docendi. p. 167. ISBN 978-9-73558-705-5.

[15] Iancu, Mariana (July 19, 2019). "Detalii terifiante din noaptea în care a fost asasinat Toma Arnăuțoiu. Eroul din munți a fost executat sumar în închisoare". Adevărul (in Romanian). Retrieved August 16, 2022.

[CH-16] Jonathan Luxmoore (16 May 2014). "Romanian Catholic bishop martyred by communists beatified tomorrow". Catholic Herald. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2018.

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 * 18 June – The [[Bărăgan deportations]], during which 44,000 residents from [[Caraș-Severin County|Caraș-Severin]], [[Mehedinți County|Mehedinți]] and [[Timiș County]] are deported. 2,000 die.<ref>{{cite book | first=Lavinia | last=Stan | title=Transitional Justice in Post-Communist Romania: The Politics of Memory | location=New York | publisher=Cambridge University Press | year=2014 | pages=9–10 | isbn=978-1-10702-053-5 | url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Transitional_Justice_in_Post_Communist_R/puqk2FF0FPYC}}</ref>
 * 20 October – The [[Frederic and Cecilia Cuțescu-Storck Art Museum]] is opened as a public gallery.<ref>{{cite book | first=Narcis Dorin | last=Ion | title=Bucureşti: în căutarea Micului Paris | trans-title=Bucharest: In Search of Little Paris | location=Bucharest | publisher=Tritonic | year=2003 | page=85 | isbn=978-9-73849-750-4 | language=RO}}</ref>
+* 15 December – The first [[Five-Year Plans of Romania|Five-Year Plan]] (1951–1955) is voted by the [[Great National Assembly]]; the main objective of the plan is the construction of the [[Danube–Black Sea Canal]].
 ==Popular culture==