List of massacres in Romania
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The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Romania (numbers may be approximate):
| Name | Date | Present location | Deaths | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Siculeni massacre | 7 January 1764 | Siculeni, Harghita County | 400 Székely Hungarians | Memorial plaque unveiled on the spot in 1899 mentions 200 victims. |
| Mihalț massacre | 29 June 1848 | Mihalț, Alba County | 14 | Administrator Ferencz János from Aiud claims 50 dead and 70 injured. |
| Zlatna massacre | 22–24 October 1848 | Zlatna, Alba County | 8–10 Romanian spearmen 500–600 ethnic Hungarians | |
| Aiud massacre | 8–17 January 1849 | Aiud, Alba County | 800–1,000 | |
| Dorohoi pogrom | 1 July 1940 | Dorohoi, Botoșani County | 53 | Jewish community in Dorohoi claims the death toll between 165 and 200.[1] |
| Nușfalău massacre | 8 September 1940 | Nușfalău, Sălaj County | 11 | |
| Treznea massacre | 9 September 1940 | Treznea, Sălaj County | 93 | Some Romanian sources give as many as 263 locals that were killed.[2] |
| Ip massacre | 14 September 1940 | Ip, Sălaj County | 157 | 158, including an unborn child[3] |
| Jilava massacre | 26 November 1940 | Jilava, Ilfov County | 64 | |
| Bucharest pogrom | 22 January 1941 | Bucharest | 120 | Other five Jews were missing and presumed dead.[4] |
| Fântâna Albă massacre | 1 April 1941 | Bila Krynytsia, Chernivtsi Oblast | 200–2,000 | |
| Iași pogrom | 27 June 1941 | Iași, Iași County | 13,266 | |
| Răzeni massacre | 12 July 1941 | Răzeni, Ialoveni District | 10 | |
| Deportation of Roma to Transnistria | 1 June–15 August 1942 | Transnistria | 11,000 | |
| Aita Seacă massacre | 4 September 1944 | Aita Seacă, Covasna County | 13–100 | |
| Luduș massacre | 13 September 1944 | Luduș, Mureș County | 13 | |
| Sărmașu massacre | 17 September 1944 | Sărmașu, Mureș County | 126 | |
| Hărcana massacre | 24 September 1944 | Hărcana, Cluj County | 18 | |
| Moisei massacre | 14 October 1944 | Moisei, Maramureș County | 29 | Two men were also seriously injured.[5] |
| Romanian Revolution of 1989 | 16–25 December 1989 | Main Romanian cities | 1,104 | |
| Ethnic clashes of Târgu Mureș | 19–21 March 1990 | Târgu Mureș, Mureș County | 5 | Hundreds of people were also wounded. |
| June 1990 Mineriad | 13–15 June 1990 | Bucharest | 6–100 | |
| September 1991 Mineriad | 25–28 September 1991 | Bucharest | 4 | |
| Hădăreni riots | 20 September 1993 | Hădăreni, Mureș County | 3 | |
| February 1999 Mineriad | 16–17 February 1999 | Stoenești, Olt County | 15 | |
References
- ↑ I. Scurtu, C-tin Mocanu, Doina Smarcea, Documente privind istoria României între anii 1918–1944, Didactic and Pedagogical Publishing House, Bucharest, 1995, pp. 529–530
- ↑ Radu Theodoru, Urmașii lui Atilla, Miracle Publishing House, Bucharest, 1999, ISBN 973-9315-38-0
- ↑ Dr. Petre Țurlea, Ip și Trăznea: Atrocități maghiare și acțiune diplomatică, Encyclopedic Publishing House, Bucharest, 1996
- ↑ Iaacov Geller, Rezistența spirituală a evreilor români în timpul Holocaustului, pp. 430–431, Hasefer Publishing House, 2004
- ↑ Gheorghe Coman, Pe urmele eroilor de la Moisei, Limes Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca, 2000
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