Slamming the door in Bucharest: Soviet Steps in imposing the Groza Government (March 1st to 6th, 1945)
Jan. 1, 2014
Keywords:
dictatură
Comunism
Uniunea Sovietică
political regime
Communism, dictatorship
Romania (Roumania, Rumania)on
Soviet Union
regim politic
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Abstract
The paper focuses on the evolution of Romanian political turmoil during the timeframe 1 – 6 March 1945 in the
light of new information from British documents that provides a comprehensive analysis.
As occupying Soviets required the dismissal of the Rădescu Government, King Michael had to accept. The
Romanian King and the democratic/historical parties hoped to form a national union Government, excluding
as before Antonescu’s collaborators and Legionaries, based on the percentage held by each party in the Rădescu
Government. With Soviet help, Petru Groza, one of the leading members of the National Democratic Front,
dominated by Communists, was nominated Prime Minister by the King. Groza offerred only a minimal
participation to the historical parties, which rejected the proposal argumenting they were representing the political
majority of the Romanian people. Warned by the Soviets, King Michael had to accept the installment of the Groza
Government. The new Government informally represented the first Communist Government of Romania.
