Emanoil Bârzotescu (20 October 1888 – 3 July 1968) was a

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n major general during

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. Bârzotescu was born in Micești village, in what was then Muscel County (now

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), in southern central

. As a young officer he served in the

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(1913) and in

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(1916–1918). He served as

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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

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Area. He was put in reserve again on August 21, 1946, and re-retired on August 9, 1947. Bârzotescu was arrested in April 1946 in

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and was investigated by the Ministry of Interior authorities in the fall of 1947, in the trial of

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. He was arrested on June 14, 1950, and sent to forced labor camps ( Saligny,

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, Midia) along the

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. He was freed on October 27, 1953 from the

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labor camp. A street is named after him in

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, the city where he died in 1968.

References

1888 births 1968 deaths People from Argeș County Romanian Land Forces generals Romanian military personnel of the Second Balkan War Romanian military personnel of World War I Romanian military personnel of World War II Commanders of the Order of the Crown (Romania) Romanian prisoners and detainees Inmates of the Danube–Black Sea Canal {{Romania-mil-bio-stub