Gheorghe Avramescu
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Gheorghe Avramescu was a Romanian Lieutenant-General during World War II
. He served as General Officer Commanding of a number of groups: of the 10th Division in 1941, the Mountain Corps later that year, the III Corps in 1943, and the VI Corps and 4th Army from 1944 to 1945. In 1945, he was arrested by the Soviets as "pro-German."
On March 3 1945 Adela, Avramescu's wife and Felicia, his daughter were arrested and sent to Siberia. His daughter committed suicide; Adela returned in Romania in 1956.
The Soviet authorities announced that Avramescu was killed in 3 March 1945 (the very same day of the arrest of his family) in an aerial attack over the car which transported him, and his body was buried in Budapest Soshalom cemetery. There are strong doubts that Avramescu was in fact assassinated by the NKVD, due to the strange circumstances of his death. The car in which he was transported was touched by one single bullet, the one which "happened" to kill the general.
This case of strange death stays open for historical research; the de-secretisation of some military soviet archives may elucidate this death.
On October 23 2000, his remains were brought back to Romania and were reburied with military honours in Military Cemetery of Cluj Napoca.
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. He served as General Officer Commanding of a number of groups: of the 10th Division in 1941, the Mountain Corps later that year, the III Corps in 1943, and the VI Corps and 4th Army from 1944 to 1945. In 1945, he was arrested by the Soviets as "pro-German."
Death
On March 2 1945, general Avramescu was convoked to the commander of 40th Soviet Army. After one hour, the Romanian delegation was announced that Avramescu and Russian general Filip Fedorovici Jmacenko left for command point of Ukrainian Front 2, as they were expected there by Marshall Malinovski. In fact, General Avramescu was arrested. Romanian 4th Army was placed in command of general Nicolae Dăscălescu, who struggle to find out from soviets about the general Avramescu. Soviet general Jmacenko advised him to find out about Avramescu at Minister of Defence or Romanian Major Stat.On March 3 1945 Adela, Avramescu's wife and Felicia, his daughter were arrested and sent to Siberia. His daughter committed suicide; Adela returned in Romania in 1956.
The Soviet authorities announced that Avramescu was killed in 3 March 1945 (the very same day of the arrest of his family) in an aerial attack over the car which transported him, and his body was buried in Budapest Soshalom cemetery. There are strong doubts that Avramescu was in fact assassinated by the NKVD, due to the strange circumstances of his death. The car in which he was transported was touched by one single bullet, the one which "happened" to kill the general.
This case of strange death stays open for historical research; the de-secretisation of some military soviet archives may elucidate this death.
On October 23 2000, his remains were brought back to Romania and were reburied with military honours in Military Cemetery of Cluj Napoca.