ARHIVELE OLTENIEI - Universitatea din Craiova

The Romanian legislation between 1949-1952 – an unconditional base of the collectivization 101navigators – Marinescu Mihail from Corlaţel, Mehedinţi; clerks – IsocescuGrigore from Smirna, Mehedinţi, Corlăteanu Alexandru, 2 family members, fromTr. Severin; sanitary workers – Burcu Fanică from Cireşu, Tr. Severin;unemployed – Dumbrăvescu Ioan from Iavlavnita, Vânju Mare, MustacioiuNicoleta, housewife, from Izvoarele, Mehedinţi, and so on 29 .Although this act was officially directed against the Germans and thoseof other nationalities, in Oltenia it affected almost everyone – gypsies, Serbians,Bulgarians, Germans, Poles, Slovakians and even Romanians 30 . The onlycriterion applied was the political one. Those who were against the communistregime were taken way from their homes and given forced residence in urbanareas, were the number of the repressive forces was bigger. In Oltenia, 5 regionswere greatly affected, although people from other regions were also taken fromtheir homes in the middle of the night and given forced residences in the towns.Their belongings – houses, goods, and so on – were seized. In the Craiovaregion, 1,182 families were dislocated and 12, 494 hectares of land and 1,238houses were seized 31 as follows:The land surface of 12,494 hectares was allocated as follows 32 :- 9,156 hectares to the GASs- 4 hectares to the GACs- 30 hectares to the agricultural joints- 2,692 hectares to the apportioned peasants through the HCM 3522/1953- 35 hectares to the state reserve- 13 hectares to the zoo technical farms- 42 hectares to the communal pastures.NoRegionNo. ofdislocatedfamiliesNo. ofabandonedhousesDesertedarable landsurface(hectares)No. of houses andarable land surfacereconstituted byMarch 1957Houses Land(hectares)1.Baia deArama23 21 170 12 782. Cujmir 249 252 583 213 173. Strehaia 31 33 261 29 254. Tr. Severin 287 331 596 227 1355. Vinju Mare 439 439 840 382 1856. Tr. Severin 151 162 44 107 –(town)7. TOTAL 1180 1238 12494 970 44029 Idem, dos. 9/1953, f. 1-111.30 Idem.31 Idem, dos. 26/1956, f. 2-6, 15-17.32 Idem, f. 54.