Ionel Jora
Ionel Jora | |
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Born | Galați, Romania | June 20, 1921
Died | June 5, 1950 | (aged 28)
Buried | |
Allegiance | Romania |
Service/ | General Directorate for the Security of the People |
Years of service | 1948–1950 |
Rank | Lieutenant |
Children | Miron Jora |
Ioan "Ionel" Jora (20 June 1921 – 5 June 1950) was a Romanian communist activist and officer of the Securitate, Romania's secret police, who was assassinated by the son of a suspect he had apprehended.
Biography
Ionel Jora was the third child of a working-class family from the port of Galați; his parents, Ion and Tudorița, were under the surveillance of Siguranța, Romania's secret police before World War II, for their communist convictions. By fourteen, he was already working as a shop boy, and joined the Galați shipyard as an apprentice in 1936. After participating in industrial action together with older workers, he came under pressure from his employer and the Siguranța, being forced to leave the shipyards for the Gallus paint factory in 1938. Soon after, in 1940, he was recruited into the outlawed Union of Communist Youth.[1][2] By October 1940, together with his brother Alexandru, Jora was part of a communist cell constituted at the shipyard. The cell held several clandestine meetings and on the night 12–13 December 1940 organised the distribution of manifestos directed at the shipyard employees, workers of the port and the general populace. The latter manifestos condemned the indifference of the authorities towards the victims of the 1940 Vrancea earthquake and called on the inhabitants to protest the presence of German troops in the city. During this period, Jora met future communist leader Miron Constantinescu, who had been sent to the city to coordinate the communist cells in the region. One of the meetings took place in a room rented by Jora, as he had left home due to disagreements with his father.[3] The same room was also used for preparing propaganda work and organising the cell.[2]
In the early days of 1941, as Romania's dictator
After the
In February 1950 Jora was assigned to lead a team in capturing a former member of the
Legacy
After his death, Jora's name was awarded to the Greierul
Notes
- ^ a b Hladchi 1968, pp. 87–88.
- ^ a b c Protopopescu 1969, p. 30.
- ^ Bosomitu 2012, pp. 140–141.
- ^ Bosomitu 2012, p. 143.
- ^ Bosomitu 2012, pp. 143–145.
- ^ Bosomitu 2012, p. 146.
- ^ a b c d e f g Bosomitu 2012, p. 149.
- ^ a b c d e f g Protopopescu 1969, p. 31.
- ^ Hladchi 1968, pp. 89–90.
- ^ a b c Hladchi 1968, p. 89.
- ^ a b Hladchi 1968, pp. 90–91.
- ^ a b Protopopescu 1969, p. 32.
- ^ Hladchi 1968, p. 91.
- ^ Arhivele Naționale.
- ^ Vlaicu 1974, p. 23.
- ^ Vlasiu 2012, p. 342.
References
- Hladchi, Petre (1968). "Recunoștință" (PDF). Buletin Intern pentru Apărarea Securității Statului (3). Consiliul Securității Statului: 87–91. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
- Protopopescu, I. (1969). "Unul din anonimii marelui curaj". Magazin Istoric. 4 (25): 30–32.
- Vlaicu, Ion (1974). "Repere ale instruirii profesionale prin film" (PDF). Securitatea. 1 (25). Consiliul Securității Statului: 22–26. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
- Bosomitu, Ștefan (2012). "O poveste dintr-o iarnă. "Căderea" Regionalei comuniste "Dunărea de Jos" (ianuarie 1941)" (PDF). Archiva Moldaviæ. IV. Iași: Romanian Society for Historical Studies: 125–152. ISSN 2067-3930. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
- Vlasiu, Ioana, ed. (2012). Dicționarul sculptorilor din România : secolele XIX-XX. Vol. 2: Literele H-Z. Bucureşti: ISBN 978-973-27-2222-0.
- "Întreprinderea Industrială de Stat "Ionel Jora" Galaţi". arhivelenationale.ro. National Archives of Romania. Retrieved 4 February 2022.