The anti-communist resistance in Arad
From the spring of 1948, after the communists had started the mass arrests of their alleged political opponents, as was the case all over the country, several groups of fighters from different social categories, but mainly peasants, began to form in Arad County. The most important group was the one initiated by Cantemir Gligor, from Hălmăgel, son of a priest, with resistance points in the valley of Crișului Mountains. The aforementioned, with a law degree and an imposing stature, had the presence of a born leader; a tough, firm man with the power of conviction, he quickly gained the trust […]