GHEORGHE CRUTZESCU Podul Mogoşoaei – Povestea unei străzi

PODUL MOGOŞOAIEI – POVESTEA UNEI STRĂZI ■ 233people this new Constitution in 1938. It has been prepared by Istrate Micescu,well‐known jurist of the inter‐war period. The Constitution in 1938 was basedon the critics of the party regime and on the corporatism doctrine. Among othersubtleties, the new Constitution replaced the universal vote with the system ofprofession college, restricting the area and the guarantees of rights and freedoms.This Constitution was entered in force during the dictatorship of King Carolthe 2 nd .45Page 88: The Declaration on February 22 nd 1938 belonging to GheorgheCrutzescu whereby it was stipulated that he was not the member of any politicalparty.46In the evolution of the State the training of the future diplomats wasachieved starting from the candidate’s general knowledge, basic education, foreignlanguages, physical appearance, behavioral pattern, dialogue with interlocutors,and the manner to deal with various extreme situations, with the requirement thatthose selected should not be effeminate, drinkers, talkative and boastful, tempted bycertain pecuniary traps. While they were in the country they had the opportunity,by a judicious rotation, to get to know the structure of the ministry as a mechanism,and the method of cooperation with the rest of the central institutions.47Page 121: Decree of 5 th October 1939 to appoint him as MinisterExtraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Budapest, Hungary.In the final period of his diplomatic activity in Budapest he decided to send hiswife and his little girl Sanda back to the country.Page 200: On 4 th April 1941 Simona Crutescu, a housewife, lived in Buchareston 20 Lascar Catargiu B lvd .48The 16 th Artillery Regiment, in September 1940, took the oath of allegianceto King Michael I, by signing the document no. 1578.49MICHAEL I (25 th October 1921, Sinaia – ) son of Crown Prince Carol andPrincess Elena, was declared King while underage after the death of King FerdinandI in 1927, the country being ruled by a regency; was removed from the throne bythe return home of his father, who became King Carol II. As compensation, hedeclared his son, “The Grand Voivode of Alba Iulia”, and in 1937 he promotedhim to the rank of under‐lieutenant. To acquire knowledge he was integrated into aspecial class reuniting the most valuable students of his age from Bucharest schools.Being passionate about engines, he paid particular attention to motor racing andaviation. In September 1940, after King Carol II renounced the throne, he wasre‐proclaimed King of Romania, but most of the powers were assigned and takenover, under the special circumstances of that year, by the Head of State, General IonAntonescu. In 1944 he was manipulated and involved in the action of removingMarshal Ion Antonescu from the country’s leadership by ordering his arrest on 23 rdAugust. Conjuncturally, the Soviet Union in 1945 awarded him a high and rare wardecoration. On 23 rd August 1945 he refused to lead the Romanian troops which,having returned from the battlefield, marched under the Arch of Triumph. Theperiod of the “royal strike” followed, the metamorphosis of the Romanian society