General Teofil Gh. Sidorovici (13 February 1896 – 22 November 1940) was one of the commanders of the Straja Țării (Watchmen), a paramilitary youth organization in the Kingdom of Romania, created in 1935,[1] and Minister of National Propaganda in the sixth Gheorghe Tătărescu cabinet, after the resignation of Constantin C. Giurescu.
Teofil Sidorovici | |
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| Born | 13 February 1896 Bucșoaia, Duchy of Bukovina, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 22 November 1940 (aged 44) Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania |
| Allegiance | Romania |
| Service | Straja Țării |
| Rank | General |
| Relations | Alexandra Sidorovici (sister) |
| Other work | Minister of National Propaganda |
He was born in Bucșoaia village, part of the Duchy of Bukovina within Austria-Hungary at the time, now in Romania's Suceava County.
Sidorovici committed suicide in Bucharest on 22 November 1940.[2]
His sister was the Stalinist Alexandra Sidorovici, who became a public prosecutor of the People's Tribunals, an office which allowed her to ask for death sentences for many collaborators of the Ion Antonescu regime;[3] she was a member of the nomenklatura of the Communist government.[4][5]
Works
edit- Sidorovici, Teofil G. (1937), Din viața unui fiu de rege, București: Cartea Românească
- Sidorovici, Teofil Gh. (1940), Carol II. Din culmea unui deceniu de glorioasă domnie, București: Atelierele "Luceafărul"
References
edit- ^ John S. Wilson (1959), Scouting Round the World. First edition, Blandford Press. p. 116, 158
- ^ Argetoianu 2007, p. 520
- ^ (in Romanian) Vladimir Tismăneanu, "Dubioasa convertire a lui Silviu Brucan" ("Silviu Brucan's Dubious Conversion") Archived 2007-03-09 at the Wayback Machine, in 22, September–October 2006
- ^ (in Romanian) Ondine Gherguț, "Brucan, condamnat în procesul cu Vasile Lupu" ("Brucan, Sentenced in His Trial with Vasile Lupu") Archived 2007-10-13 at the Wayback Machine in Evenimentul Zilei, February 15, 2002
- ^ Victor Frunză, Istoria stalinismului în România ("The History of Stalinism in Romania"), Humanitas, Bucharest, 1990, p. 227, 302, 471
Bibliography
edit- Argetoianu, Constantin (2007), Însemnări Zilnice. Volumul VIII: 1 ianuarie - 21 iulie și 25 octombrie - 31 decembrie 1940, București: Editura Machiavelli
- Lazăr, Traian (2011), Jurnalul Regelui Mihai I de România. Reconstituit după acte și documente contemporane, Vol. I: 1921-1940, Iași: Casa Editorială Demiurg, p. 130
- Neagoe, Stelian (1995), Istoria guvernelor României de la începuturi - 1859 până în zilele noastre - 1995, București: Editura Machiavelli
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