Doftana was a Romanian prison, sometimes referred to as "the Romanian Bastille". Built in 1895 in connection with the nearby salt mines, from 1921 it began to be used to detain political prisoners, among them Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, who was the Prime Minister of Romania (1952–1955), and the Chairman of the State Council of Romania (1961–1965), and Nicolae Ceaușescu, who was General Secretary of Romanian Communist Party (1965–1989), and the first President of Romania (1968–1989).[1]
The prison is situated close to the village with the same name, in the Telega commune of Prahova County.
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Doftana was a Romanian prison, sometimes referred to as "the Romanian Bastille". Built in 1895 in connection with the nearby salt mines, from 1921 it...
Doftana may refer to the following places in Romania: Doftana, a village in Telega Commune, Prahova County Doftanaprison, a Romanian prison built in 1895...
to escape the violence unharmed). Codreanu was moved from Jilava to DoftanaPrison, where, despite the sentence, he was not required to perform any form...
years of prison for his role in the Grivița Strike of 1933. He spent time at the Aiud, Doftana, Târgu Ocna, Văcărești, and Caransebeș prisons. In 1935–1936...
between prisons—Jilava, Văcărești, and ultimately Craiova. Sociologist Vladimir Tismăneanu argues that Petrescu also spent time in DoftanaPrison, where...
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times, Apostol was sentenced in 1937 to three years in prison, which he served in Galați and Doftana. His activities upon his release from jail got him interned...
was opposed by the "prison faction" (most of whom had spent the Fascist period in Romanian prisons, particularly in the DoftanaPrison). Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej...
British pounds in 2016 rates). In June, while filing his appeal from Doftanaprison, he made a final attempt at placating the camarilla, offering to split...
Some prisons in Romania formerly housed political prisoners, both during successive dictatorships of 1938–1944 and during the subsequent Communist regime...
the following year, he was repeatedly sentenced to prison terms, and detained at Jilava, Doftana, Craiova, Miercurea-Ciuc, and Caracal. After 1936, Preoteasa...
closed down, and all suspected PCdR activists faced detention (see DoftanaPrison). Siguranța Statului, the Romanian secret police, infiltrated the small...
detained at Ocnele Mari Prison, the first political prisoner to be held there. Bujor spent most of the interwar period imprisoned at Doftana, with long periods...
many of its leaders. They were held in the Doftanaprison, which was notoriously one of the harshest prisons in Europe, according to contemporary human...
nine years later, and sentenced to a twenty-years' imprisonment. While at Doftana, he became the ringleader of imprisoned Soviet spies, together with whom...
1935 he was arrested and sentenced to 5 years of prison by the Brașov tribunal; held at DoftanaPrison, he was released in 1940. Soon after he was re-arrested...
sent to prison several times for his activities, he was detained at Galata (Iași), Suceava, and Jilava prisons before being sent to DoftanaPrison. There...
Romania from Ruse, and sentenced to life imprisonment. He died in 1924 in Doftanaprison following a 32-day hunger strike. "Atentatul de la Senatul României...
initially sentenced to five years at hard labor. After spending time at DoftanaPrison and at labor camps in Caransebeș and Târgu Jiu (where he got close to...
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