Mihai Timaru – hero on the front, outlaw in the mountains and martyr in communist dungeons
Mihai Timaru was an organist from Târgu Mureș, from a large family, a hero of the battles of Odessa, and now, instead of the decorations he had received, his body was badly damaged as a result of the torture and suffering he had experienced during his re-education in Gherla prison. In addition to lung disease, he had a very enlarged liver and many broken cheeks from the jaws with which he was tortured.