Political Prisoner
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"In prison one either goes mad or becomes a saint." |
| Alexander Raţiu |
Consequently, Ratiu was arrested again on October 19, 1948, by the Communist government and remained imprisoned for the next sixteen years, of which eighteen months were passed in solitary confinement at the Sighet prison. Between 1948-1964, Raţiu was imprisoned at a succession of prisons: Căldăruşani, Sighet prison (May 24, 1950 - July 1955), Gherla (1955-1959), Jilava, Băteşti, followed by being sent to labor camps at Strâmba, Stoieneşti and Great Brăila Island. He was subsequently placed under house arrest for another two years (1962-1964) - during which time he was confined in Lăţeşti, Ialomiţa County.
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