The fate of historian Constantin C. Giurescu in the era of communist totalitarianism
“On the day of his arrest, 7 May 1950, an officer asked him: “Are you the author of the history of the Romanians? The officer replied in the affirmative and added: “Now the history of the Romanians is written differently”. To which the teacher replied: “That may be, but our history remains one”. Constantin C. Giurescu, one of Romania’s great historians, was born in Focșani on 13/26 October 1901. Secondary and university education (1922) in Bucharest. Studies in Paris. Doctor of Letters (1925) and Doctor of Romanian History (1925). Member of the Romanian School in France (1923-1925). Assistant at the […]