List of massacres in Romania

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The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Romania (numbers may be approximate):

Name Date Present location Deaths Notes
Siculeni massacre 7 January 1764 Siculeni, Harghita County 400 Székely Hungarians Memorial plaque unveiled on the spot in 1899 mentions 200 victims.
Mihalț massacre 29 June 1848 Mihalț, Alba County 14 Administrator Ferencz János from Aiud claims 50 dead and 70 injured.
Zlatna massacre 22–24 October 1848 Zlatna, Alba County 8–10 Romanian spearmen
500–600 ethnic Hungarians
Aiud massacre 8–17 January 1849 Aiud, Alba County 800–1,000
Dorohoi pogrom 1 July 1940 Dorohoi, Botoșani County 53 Jewish community in Dorohoi claims the death toll between 165 and 200.[1]
Nușfalău massacre 8 September 1940 Nușfalău, Sălaj County 11
Treznea massacre 9 September 1940 Treznea, Sălaj County 93 Some Romanian sources give as many as 263 locals that were killed.[2]
Ip massacre 14 September 1940 Ip, Sălaj County 157 158, including an unborn child[3]
Jilava massacre 26 November 1940 Jilava, Ilfov County 64
Bucharest pogrom 22 January 1941 Bucharest 120 Other five Jews were missing and presumed dead.[4]
Fântâna Albă massacre 1 April 1941 Bila Krynytsia, Chernivtsi Oblast 200–2,000
Iași pogrom 27 June 1941 Iași, Iași County 13,266
Răzeni massacre 12 July 1941 Răzeni, Ialoveni District 10
Deportation of Roma to Transnistria 1 June–15 August 1942 Transnistria 11,000
Aita Seacă massacre 4 September 1944 Aita Seacă, Covasna County 13–100
Luduș massacre 13 September 1944 Luduș, Mureș County 13
Sărmașu massacre 17 September 1944 Sărmașu, Mureș County 126
Hărcana massacre 24 September 1944 Hărcana, Cluj County 18
Moisei massacre 14 October 1944 Moisei, Maramureș County 29 Two men were also seriously injured.[5]
Romanian Revolution of 1989 16–25 December 1989 Main Romanian cities 1,104
Ethnic clashes of Târgu Mureș 19–21 March 1990 Târgu Mureș, Mureș County 5 Hundreds of people were also wounded.
June 1990 Mineriad 13–15 June 1990 Bucharest 6–100
September 1991 Mineriad 25–28 September 1991 Bucharest 4
Hădăreni riots 20 September 1993 Hădăreni, Mureș County 3
February 1999 Mineriad 16–17 February 1999 Stoenești, Olt County 15

References

  1. ↑ I. Scurtu, C-tin Mocanu, Doina Smarcea, Documente privind istoria României între anii 1918–1944, Didactic and Pedagogical Publishing House, Bucharest, 1995, pp. 529–530
  2. ↑ Radu Theodoru, Urmașii lui Atilla, Miracle Publishing House, Bucharest, 1999, ISBN 973-9315-38-0
  3. ↑ Dr. Petre Țurlea, Ip și Trăznea: Atrocități maghiare și acțiune diplomatică, Encyclopedic Publishing House, Bucharest, 1996
  4. ↑ Iaacov Geller, Rezistența spirituală a evreilor români în timpul Holocaustului, pp. 430–431, Hasefer Publishing House, 2004
  5. ↑ Gheorghe Coman, Pe urmele eroilor de la Moisei, Limes Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca, 2000
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