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Revision as of 02:29, 29 December 2006 by Turgidson (talk | contribs) (start page)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Alexandru Nikolski (also known as Alexandru Nikolski, born Boris Grünberg (June 2, 1915, Chişinău, Bessarabia – Aprili 16, 1992, Bucharest, Romania) was a Securitate chief in Communist Romania in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
In December 1940, after the Soviets occupied Bessarabia, he joined the NKVD. After training as spy in Cernăuţi, he was sent on May 26, 1941 to Romania on a spying mission. He was caught by Romanian border guards, and, after a short trial, sentenced to life in prison. After spending three years in Aiud prison, he was set free by Soviet troops on August 28, 1944. After that, he rose rapidly through the ranks of the Communist Party.
At the founding of the Securitate on August 30, 1948, Lieutenant General Gheorghe Pintilie became the first Director of this organization. The positions of Deputy Directors went to two Soviet officers: Major Generals Nicolski and Vladimir Mazuru. Nobody could be appointed to the Securitate's leadership without their approval.
Nicholschi played an important role at brainwashing experiment carried out by the Communist authorities in 1949-1952 at the Piteşti prison.
During the construction of the Danube-Black Sea Canal, torture was applied by a Securitate squad led by Nikolski, as a means to obtain forced confessions.
References
- Marius Oprea, Alexandru Nicolschi
- The Memorial of the Victims of Communism and of the Resistance, page for Room 14, The Security Police (Securitate) between 1948 and 1989
- Adrian Cioroianu, Pe umerii lui Marx. O introducere în istoria comunismului românesc ("On the Shoulders of Marx. An Incursion into the History of Romanian Communism"), Editura Curtea Veche, Bucharest, 2005
- Valentin Hossu-Longin, "Procesul Canalului Morţii" ("The Trial of the Death Canal"), in Ziua, March 11, 2006
- Banalitatea răului. O istorie a Securitătii in documente (The Banality of Evil: A History of the Securitate in Documents, edited by Marius Oprea, Polirom, Iaşi, 2002.