Emanoil Bârzotescu

Major-General

Emanoil Bârzotescu
Major-General; Emanoil Bârzotescu
	General Emanoil Bârzotescu
Born	20 October 1888; Micești, Muscel County, Kingdom of Romania
Died	3 July 1968 (aged 79); Pitești, Romania
Allegiance	Kingdom of Romania
Service/branch	Army
Battles/wars	Second Balkan War; World War I; World War II
Awards	Order of the Crown, Commander rank

Emanoil Bârzotescu (20 October 1888 – 3 July 1968) was a Romanian major general during World War II.

Bârzotescu was born in Micești village, in what was then Muscel County (now Argeș County), in southern central Romania. As a young officer he served in the Second Balkan War (1913) and in World War I (1916–1918).

He served as General Officer Commanding of the 1st Division from 1 January 1940 to 1942, retiring thereafter. In February 1945 he was first recalled, then put into reserve, and finally served as General Officer Commanding the 6th Corps Area. He was put in reserve again on August 21, 1946, and re-retired on August 9, 1947.^[1]

Bârzotescu was arrested in April 1946 in Sibiu and was investigated by the Ministry of Interior authorities in the fall of 1947, in the trial of Iuliu Maniu. He was arrested on June 14, 1950, and sent to forced labor camps (Saligny, Peninsula, Midia) along the Danube–Black Sea Canal. He was freed on October 27, 1953 from the Castelu labor camp.^[2]

A street is named after him in Pitești, the city where he died in 1968.

References[edit]

^ "Generals from Romania". Generals.dk. Retrieved 24 November 2008.
^ Dobre, Florica; Duțu, Alesandru (2000). Distrugerea elitei militare sub regimul ocupației sovietice în România: 1947–1964 (in Romanian). București: Institutului Național pentru Studiul Totalitarismului al Academiei Române. p. 48. ISBN 973-0-02131-7. OCLC 643113254.

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[gens-1] "Generals from Romania". Generals.dk. Retrieved 24 November 2008.

[Dobre-2] Dobre, Florica; Duțu, Alesandru (2000). Distrugerea elitei militare sub regimul ocupației sovietice în România: 1947–1964 (in Romanian). București: Institutului Național pentru Studiul Totalitarismului al Academiei Române. p. 48. ISBN 973-0-02131-7. OCLC 643113254.

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