STARVATION – A MEANS OF SLOW EXTERMINATION OF THE POLITICAL
PRISONERS IN THE PRISON OF GREAT ORADEA (1947-1977)
Abstract
The Prison from Oradea is part of the Romanian Gulag “typology”, created by
the new regime installed at power after the World War II. The incommunicado system
in Romania is meant not only to punish the “political opponents”, but also rather to
transform them into obedient citizens of the new social order. The inhuman detention
conditions provided by the Prison from Great Oradea were not anything special to the
extermination regime applied to the officials imprisoned in Sighet, the “re-educated”
students in Piteşti or the pupils from Gherla. Hunger, cold and isolation, which marked
the whole life spent within the walls of the Prison of Oradea, have left deep scars in
the psyche, but also in the physical condition of the thousands of prisoners who passed
through. The diet, poor hygiene conditions, lack of medical care, humiliation, isolation,
all these made the mine of Oradea to live, in the memories of those who have stepped
in, as a terrible experience.
Key words:Oradea Prison, political prisoners, imprisonment, starvation, food rules.
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