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The execution of Marshall Ion Antonescu, former dictator of Romania (1940-1944) at the Fort Jilava prison in a suburb of Bucharest.

• Source: USHMM (U.S. Holocaust Museum)

Information taken from USHMM:

• The execution of Marshall Ion Antonescu, former dictator of Romania (1940-1944) at the Fort Jilava prison in a suburb of Bucharest. He was executed along with three others: Mihai Antonescu (the former vice-president and minister of foreign affairs), George Alexianu (former governor of Transnistria), and General C.Z. Vasiliu (former deputy minister of interior affairs and head of the gendarmerie).
• Date: Jun 1, 1946
• Locale: Bucharest, [Walachia] Romania
• Credit: USHMM, courtesy of Serviciul Roman De Informatii
• Copyright: Public Domain