List of massacres in Romania

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The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in the territory of present-day Romania (numbers may be approximate):

NameDatePresent locationDeathsNotes
Siculeni massacre7 January 1764Siculeni, Harghita County400 Székely HungariansMemorial plaque unveiled on the spot in 1899 mentions 200 victims.
Mihalț massacre29 June 1848Mihalț, Alba County14Administrator Ferencz János from Aiud claims 50 dead and 70 injured.
Zlatna massacre22–24 October 1848Zlatna, Alba County8–10 Romanian spearmen
500–600 ethnic Hungarians
Aiud massacre8–17 January 1849Aiud, Alba County800–1,000
Dorohoi pogrom1 July 1940Dorohoi, Botoșani County53Jewish community in Dorohoi claims the death toll between 165 and 200.[1]
Nușfalău massacre8 September 1940Nușfalău, Sălaj County11
Treznea massacre9 September 1940Treznea, Sălaj County93
Ip massacre14 September 1940Ip, Sălaj County157158, including an unborn child[2]
Jilava massacre26 November 1940Jilava, Ilfov County64
Bucharest pogrom22 January 1941Bucharest120Other five Jews were missing and presumed dead.[3]
Fântâna Albă massacre1 April 1941Bila Krynytsia, Chernivtsi Oblast200–2,000
Iași pogrom27 June 1941Iași, Iași County13,266
Răzeni massacre12 July 1941Răzeni, Ialoveni District10
Deportation of Roma to Transnistria1 June–15 August 1942Transnistria11,000
Aita Seacă massacre4 September 1944Aita Seacă, Covasna County13–100
Luduș massacre13 September 1944Luduș, Mureș County13
Sărmașu massacre17 September 1944Sărmașu, Mureș County126
Hărcana massacre24 September 1944Hărcana, Cluj County18
Moisei massacre14 October 1944Moisei, Maramureș County29Two men were also seriously injured.[4]
Romanian Revolution of 198916–25 December 1989Main Romanian cities1,104
Ethnic clashes of Târgu Mureș19–21 March 1990Târgu Mureș, Mureș County5Hundreds of people were also wounded.
June 1990 Mineriad13–15 June 1990Bucharest6–100
September 1991 Mineriad25–28 September 1991Bucharest4
Hădăreni riots20 September 1993Hădăreni, Mureș County3

References

  1. ↑ I. Scurtu, C-tin Mocanu, Doina Smarcea, Documente privind istoria României între anii 1918–1944, Didactic and Pedagogical Publishing House, Bucharest, 1995, pp. 529–530
  2. ↑ Dr. Petre Țurlea, Ip și Trăznea: Atrocități maghiare și acțiune diplomatică, Encyclopedic Publishing House, Bucharest, 1996
  3. ↑ Iaacov Geller, Rezistența spirituală a evreilor români în timpul Holocaustului, pp. 430–431, Hasefer Publishing House, 2004
  4. ↑ Gheorghe Coman, Pe urmele eroilor de la Moisei, Limes Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca, 2000
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