Along with the volume The story of a terrorist (Publishing house omnium, Bucharest, 2022), Stelian Tenase returns to the profession and field of research that dedicated him. The profession of a historian specializing in the evolution of European communism, on shine and decay him, on the analysis of the twists and turns of life and activity of some of those who served him and who, in their overwhelming majority, showed themselves, at least in part of their existence, as underground people The condition is not only social but characteristic, remaining in their specificity, in their DNA even after the accident of history has made some of these temporary marginals the holders of power. You occupy high positions in what is called party-state leadership.

The author of a massive volume His clientsVarvara’s aunt this time he writes about a moment that has been talked about very little in recent decades. An attack on the Senate by a small group of anarchists (terrorists) in December 1920. The group was led by Max Goldstein and included Leon Lichtblau and Saul Ozias. But what else was there? the fence by several other people. The vast majority of them are of Jewish nationality.

It was the ethnicity of the criminals that led to historians’ reluctance and caution in approaching and deepening the topic. However, one of the main advantages of Stelian Tenase’s book is that the demonstration is conducted in such a way that no one, no one in their right mind, could accuse the author of anti-Semitism.

The undersigned therefore examined the archives, turned over all the documents of the Security Service. He meticulously read the newspapers of the time, comparing and critically commenting on how different publications reported on the criminal act of the troika, as well as on the trial, which, at least at the beginning, was confused/confused with the trial of the participants of the convention. to establish a communist party in Romania. Stelian Tenase also analyzes the verdict and what followed. Critically comment on the path taken by the Romanian communists, as well as those under whose leadership they operated, those in Moscow. So after Max Goldstein’s death, they instrumentalized them victim, turning him into a working-class hero overnight. It is after a significant period of time, as a result of the reorientation imposed by the new ruler from the Kremlin, I. V. Stalin, that they ignored Max Goldstein due to the desire to clearly distinguish between communism and terrorism.

It should be noted that Stelian Tenase insists, returns, repeats, and does not do so unnecessarily, that Goldstein was never a member of the Communist Party. Although he visited Moscow relatively often and benefited directly or indirectly from subsidies, he completed his studies in the company of the likes of Mihail Gheorghe Buyor, Gice Moscu or Alec Constantinescu, all of whom are connected by thousands of threads to Bolshevism and the terrorist essence – totalitarian doctrine.

The attitude of the communists in the country, as well as in Moscow, is symptomatic of how tomatoes they wrote and rewrote their history according to their momentary interests and the orders of those above.

The second great merit of Stelian Tenase’s book is that, without for a moment renouncing his status as a researcher, an analyst of historical facts, Stelian Tenase achieves an association between a professional historian and a famous author of novels. No, The story of a terrorist it is not even remotely a romanticized biography, nor is it what you would call it historical novel. And despite all this, the book is dynamic, in some places it resembles a detective investigation. Reconstruct the fate of a monstertrying to figure out why Max Goldstein became the way he is.

Goldstein was born in Barlad, in a poor family with many children. He had a short education. He was physically disabled. In adulthood, he was only 1.62 meters tall. He seemed destined for anonymity, if not failure. He managed to finish only two primary classes, then tried his luck without success, wanting to attend courses at a commercial school. He failed. His life was getting worse. He traveled along the route of Byarlad, Odesa, Bucharest. Moscow and Bucharest again. He caught fire when he encountered anarchist ideas, which at one time were in vogue in both Odessa and Moscow, he hoped that Moscow would export its revolution. He was captured by armed gangs, he communicated with them, he himself carried out acts of terrorism that functioned as prefects for the attack on the Senate. He was recruited by Zakordot, led by a certain Abraham Greenstein. In July 1918, he fell ill and became a cripple, which fueled his huge inferiority complex. He was looking for his own the owners or such defenders as Rakovsky, Mihailo Gheorghe Bujor or Ioan Dic-Dicescu. He carelessly prepared the attack, made the bomb himself, chose a public place, premises, in which he was going to explode. The explosive turned out to be of poor quality. Hence the relatively low number of victims. He was caught relatively easily. Not only him, but also his companions. He did not have the desired popularity in public opinion. He was imprisoned in Doftan after receiving a life sentence of hard labour. At one point, he went on a hunger strike. What became fatal for him. The strike didn’t have much effect or reverberation. pond useful only after the death of Max Goldstein Read the whole article and comment on it at Contributors.ro