Dumitru Dămăceanu
Dumitru Dămăceanu | |
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Romanian Campaign World War II | |
Awards | Order of Michael the Brave Order of the Star of Romania |
Alma mater | Infantry Officer School in Sibiu Military Academy of Turin |
Spouse(s) | Georgeta Stroescu |
Dumitru Dămăceanu (17 July 1896 – 27 September 1978) was a
Military and diplomatic career
Before World War II
Dămăceanu was born in the village of
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In between the world wars, he was military attaché in Rome, Italy, director at the Voievodul Mihai School, and adjutant to King Carol II.[2] He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1938 and colonel in 1940.
During World War II
From 1941 to 1942 he was commanding officer of the 10th Roșiori Cavalry Regiment, fighting on the Eastern Front.[3] From 1942 to 1944 he was Chief of Staff of the Capital Military Command. He was awarded the Order of Michael the Brave, 3rd class in October 1941[4] and the Order of the Star of Romania, Officer class, in July 1942.
August 23, 1944 coup d'état
Colonel Dămăceanu participated in the
Paris Peace Conference
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In 1946, he was a member of the
1944–1947
In August 1946 he advanced in rank to major general. Later on,[dubious – discuss] Dămăceanu was promoted to colonel general.[1]
From August 23, 1944, to December 30, 1947, he was Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Interior, Council of Ministers, Ministry of War-Land Forces.
Under the communist regime
Persecution
After King Michael's forced abdication on December 30, 1947 and the complete Communist takeover, Dămăceanu was removed from the army. During the early 1950s he was degraded, arrested, tried and sentenced to serve time in prison.
Rehabilitation
After being released, during the 1960s, he was rehabilitated, receiving back his military rank – as a reserve officer. In 1974 he was promoted from the rank of colonel general to that of army general by presidential decree.[7][1] The gymnasium in Cosmești now bears his name,[8] as does a street in his native town.
Private life
In 1932 he married Georgeta Stroescu (born October 1912, died March 1996), and they had a daughter, Gabriela Romana Dămăceanu, born in May 1938 in Rome, Italy, while he was a military attaché.
References
- ^ OCLC 6198375.
- ^ Claudiu Secasiu (31 August 2010). "Generalul Aurel Aldea: "Acesta este adevărul" – Document din arhivele Securității". Revista 22 (in Romanian).
- ^ Ion Cristoiu (May 14, 2006). "Istoria ca telenovelă – Deșănțata culme a propagandei". Jurnalul Național (in Romanian). Retrieved August 11, 2021.
- ^ Decretul Regal nr. 2.886 din 17 octombrie 1941 pentru conferiri de ordine, publicat în Monitorul Oficial, anul CIX, nr. 248 din 18 octombrie 1941, partea I-a, p. 6.395.
- ^ Cornel Micu (October 26, 2005). "Armata Roșie ocupă Bucureștiul". Jurnalul Național (in Romanian). Retrieved August 11, 2021.
- ^ "Paris – WWII Peace Conference – 1946: Settling Romania's Western Frontiers" Archived 2008-05-15 at the Wayback Machine, notes prepared by Dan Dimăncescu from original files and records of D. Dem Dimăncescu, member of the Romanian Delegation at the Paris Peace Conference, available at the Honorary Consulate of Romania in Boston
- ^ "Decret prezidențial nr. 151/19 August 1974" (PDF). www.cnsas.ro (in Romanian). Consiliul Național pentru Studierea Arhivelor Securității (CNSAS). Retrieved August 11, 2021.
- ^ "Școala Gimnazială "General Dumitru Dămăceanu" Cosmești". www.sgdd.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved August 11, 2021.
External links
- "Generals from Romania: Dămăceanu, Dumitru". generals.dk.
- "Dimitri D. Dimăncescu, 1896-1984" Archived 2018-12-06 at the Wayback Machine, at the Honorary Consulate of Romania in Boston, has a photograph of Dumitru Dămăceanu at the Paris Peace Conference in 1946
- (in Romanian) Cristina Diac and Florin Mihai, "1939-1944: 23 august, Cronica unui dezastru",[dead link] in Jurnalul Național, August 23, 2006.
- (in Romanian) Andreea Sminchise, "Centenarii României – 'Pacepa mi-a distrus băiatul...'",[dead link] in Jurnalul Național, March 27, 2007.
- "Tristețea omulețului lui Gopo". Săptămâna Financiară (in Romanian). June 20, 2005. Archived from the original on 2008-10-22.