From the outlaw Ciolacu to Father Nectarios
Resistance in Dobrogea began in 1948 under the leadership of the brothers Nicolae and Dumitru Fudulea (northern Dobrogea) and Gogu Puiu (southern Dobrogea). They were joined by Fr. Nicolae Ciolacu, who led the movement in central Dobrogea. The resistance group was called the Dobrogean Outlaws. Who were these Outlaws? They were the people for whom communism had brought nothing but years in prison, the confiscation of their animals, the confiscation of their land, and the cutting off of virtually all means of subsistence. The leaders of the outlaws, and the vast majority of them, were legionnaires. But they were joined […]