Gheorghe Arsenescu

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Gheorghe Arsenescu (May 31, 1907, Câmpulung – February 29, 1962, Jilava) was a Romanian army officer who led an anti-communist resistance movement in post-World War II Romania.

Colonel Arsenescu, together with a fellow army officer, Toma Arnăţoiu, formed a group named "Haiducii Muscelului" (Romanian for "The Outlaws from Muscel").^[1] Arsenescu's resistance group operated out of the Southern Făgăraş Mountains. He was captured by the Securitate in 1961 and executed in 1962 at Jilava Prison. A notable member of Arsenscu's resistance movement was Elisabeta Rizea, who was captured by the Securitate at the same time as he was.^[2]

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• Deletant, Dennis. Resistance to Communist Rule in Romania, 1944-60. 
• Tănase, Cristina. "Elisabeta Rizea, Forgotten Hero Remembered", Vivid Online, September 2004.