Jilava

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Jilava is a locality in Romania best known for its historic prison and fortress, which were used for political detentions and executions, especially during the 20th century.

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Label Occurrences
Jilava canonical 3

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf commune
fortress
locality
massacre
prison
country Romania
Romania
Romania
Romania
detainedGroup Communist opponents
Iron Guard members
anti-communist dissidents
common criminals
political prisoners
hasAreaCode +40 21
hasLanguage Romanian
hasMajorReligion Eastern Orthodoxy
hasNotableSite Jilava Fortress
Jilava Prison
hasNumberOfVictims over 60
hasPostalCode 077120
hasTimezone EET
hasTimezoneDST EEST
knownFor detention of political prisoners
mass executions
locatedIn Jilava
Jilava
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Ilfov County
locatedInRegion Muntenia
locatedNear Bucharest
Bucharest
locatedOnContinent Europe
location Jilava Prison
notableEvent Jilava Massacre
occurredInYear 1940
operatedBy Romanian Ministry of Justice
partOf Bucharest metropolitan area
linked to: Bucharest

Jilava Fortress
perpetrator Iron Guard
securityClassification maximum security
usedDuringPeriod Communist Romania
Kingdom of Romania
World War II
usedFor detention facility
execution site
military purposes
political detention
pre-trial detention

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ion Antonescu placeOfDeath Jilava
Jilava Prison locatedIn Jilava
subject linked to: Jilava
Jilava Fortress locatedIn Jilava
subject linked to: Jilava