The Communists did not bend him: Prince Alexander Ghyka, Director General of Police
Alexandru Ghyka is a model of struggle. The great-grandson of Grigore Ghica V (1807-1857), ruler of Moldavia between 1849-1853 and 1854-1856, he was director-general of the police (1940-1941). He was to suffer for a long time, imprisoned in dungeons for almost a quarter of a century, from 1941 to 1964. Orthodox, cultured, upright, patriotic, a Romanian of rare dignity, he resisted all the attacks of re-education. He spent a total of 24 years in prison. He was detained in the prisons of Jilava, Pitești, Văcărești, Aiud, Alba, Sibiu, Brașov, Ploiești, Ghencea, Galați, Giurgiu, Suceava, Gherla and was under Securitate surveillance […]