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Iosif Capotă (January24, 1912September2, 1958) was a physician who, after the

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, became the leader of an anti-communist resistance group in the

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area. Capotă was born in the village of

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in a family of

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peasants. He was one of five siblings (along with Ana, Gheorghe, Victor, and Susana) in a family led by Gheorghe and Susana Capotă. He attended the George Barițiu High School in

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and the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in

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, after which he settled in Huedin to practice his specialty. In September 1940, after the annexation of Northern Transylvania by

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, he and his family moved to

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. After returning to Huedin in 1944, he joined the

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and ran for office in the 1946 parliamentary elections, in which a communist-dominated coalition won. Subsequently, he was harassed and arrested for 10 days in March 1947; fearing for his life, he decided to leave Huedin and go underground on May 9, 1947. Finally caught by

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troops on December 7, 1957, Capotă was condemned to death on July 8, 1958, and executed by firing squad on September 2, 1958, at Gherla Prison.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Capota, Iosif 1912 births 1958 deaths People executed by the Socialist Republic of Romania Executed Romanian people Members of the Romanian anti-communist resistance movement People from Cluj County Inmates of Gherla prison 20th-century Romanian physicians National Peasants' Party politicians People executed by Romania by firing squad