The two Romanian People's Tribunals, the Bucharest People's Tribunal and the Northern Transylvania People's Tribunal (which sat in Cluj) were set up by postwar Romanian Government, overseen by the Allied Control Commission to try suspected war criminals, in line with Article 14 of the Armistice Agreement with Romania.^{[1] [2]} Map of Romania showing Cluj_Napoca Cluj_Napoca (Hungarian: Kolozsvár, German: Klausenburg, Latin: Claudiopolis), the seat of Cluj county, is one of the most important academic, cultural and industrial centers in Romania. ... Following the termination of hostilities in World War II, the Allied Powers were in control of the defeated Axis countries. ...

Some 2,700 cases were examined by a commission which found that in about half the cases there was enough evidence to bring prosecutions. 668 were found guilty of war crimes, crimes against peace and crimes against humanity. ^[3] A war crime is a punishable offense, under international (criminal) law, for violations of the law of war by any person or persons, military or civilian. ... A crime against peace, in international law, consists of illegally starting a war. ... This article is in need of attention. ...

The Bucharest Tribunal sentenced a total of 187 people. At the main trail in May 1946 the leaders of the former Facist governent of Ion Antonescu twenty four defendants stood before the Tribunal. The court handed down 13 death sentences, but 6 were pronounced in abstensia and never carried out. Of the remainig 7 death sentences 3 were commuted to life imprisonment. Ion Antonescu, Mihai Antonescu, Constantin Vasiliu and Gheoghe Alexianu were executed on June 1 1946. The other defendants were sentenced to life imprisonment, or long terms of imprisonment.^[3][4] Bucharest (Romanian: Bucureşti ) is the capital city and industrial and commercial centre of Romania. ... Ion Antonescu. ... Mihai Antonescu Mihai Antonescu (1907-1946) was Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Romania during World War II. Antonescu made his living as an attorney before becoming Prime Minister Ion Antonescu’s (whom he was not related to) Minister of Propaganda in 1940. ... June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ...

The Cluj Tribunal and it successors sentenced 481 people: 370 were Hungarian, 83 were German, 26 were Romanian and 2 were Jewish. The Cluj Tribunal passed a total of 100 death sentences, 163 sentences of life imprisonment, and a range of other sentences. ^[3][4]

A high percentage of those condemned to death were tried in abstensia and never bought to justice. Others sentenced to death had their sentences commuted to life imprisonment. Those convicted of war crimes, who had demonstrated good behaviour in prison were eligible immediate release under a decree issued in 1950. Quite a few convicted war criminals were released under the provisions of this decree. The rest were released between 1962 and 1964 when a number of amnesties were granted.^[4][5]

See also

• Iasi pogrom
• Soviet occupation of Romania
• Romania during World War II

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References

• Report of the International Commission on the Holocaust in Romania (RICHR) submitted to President Ion Iliescu in Bucharest on November 11, 2004, and accepted by the Romanian government.
  • Ch.12 - Trials of the war criminals (PDF)
• Zoltan Tibori Szabo Transylvanian jewry during the postwar period, 1945-48 (Part 2) "The People's Tribunals, Intra-Community Accusations and Inquiries" Radio Free Europe Details on the Northern Transylvanian People's Tribunal in Cluj

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Footnotes

1. ^ References RICHR: Ch.12 - Trials of the war criminals, page 5
2. ^ The Armistice Agreement with Rumania in Avalon Project at Yale Law School
3. ^ ^a b c References RICHR: Ch.12 - Trials of the war criminals, page 1
4. ^ ^a b c References RICHR: Ch.12 - Trials of the war criminals, page 2
5. ^ References RICHR: Ch.12 - Trials of the war criminals, page 3