Occupation of the Romanian embassy in Bern
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The occupation of the Romanian embassy in Bern in 1955 was a politically motivated hostage-taking .
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A group of four Romanians in exile occupied the embassy of the People's Republic of Romania in Switzerland on February 14, 1955 and took several employees hostage . An employee was shot. The group who had come from West Germany demanded the release of political prisoners and planned to steal secret files. On February 16, the group left the embassy voluntarily.
After his release from Swiss custody, the leader Oliviu Beldeanu was abducted from West to East Berlin , arrested there, transferred from the GDR to Romania and sentenced to death there.
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literature
- Stejărel Olaru, Adrian Cioroianu: Cei cinci care au speriat Estul: Atacul asupra Legației RPR de la Berna (February 1955). Polirom, Iași 2003.
- Marc Tribelhorn: "Down to the last drop of blood" - how an attack in Bern made headlines around the world. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, February 3, 2020.
- 1st extra meeting of the Federal Council on the matter of "Attack on the Romanian legation" February 15, 1955, 7:30 am. in the database Dodis the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland