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Dealul Spirii Trial (Romanian: Procesul din Dealul Spirii) was a political trial conducted from January to June 1922 by a military tribunal in the Kingdom of Romania.[1] 271 members of the Communist Party of Romania were accused of treason after voting for the inclusion of the party into the Third International. The defendants were convicted and later pardoned.
The trial — the largest anti-communist trial in the country during the interwar period[1] — was the first step of the repression of communists in the Kingdom of Romania. Less than two years after the trial, the parliament voted a total ban of the Communist Party and communist ideology; for the next two decades, the government enforced a violent repression against the communists and labour unions.
A number of politicians and intellectuals, including Nicolae Iorga, Dem I. Dobrescu, and Iuliu Maniu voiced their discontent over the lack of constitutional basis for the trial.[2]
- ^ a b Radu Eremia (June 3, 2017). "Amnistia din 1922. Cum arăta documentul prin care erau "iertați" 200 de comuniști pentru faptele lor". Adevărul (in Romanian). Retrieved October 12, 2024.
- ^ Paula Mihailov (October 13, 2004). "Autoritățile pierd procesul". Jurnalul Național. Retrieved October 11, 2024.