Corneliu Calotescu

Corneliu Calotescu
Corneliu Calotescu
Born	19 November 1889; Pitești, Kingdom of Romania
Died	17 October 1970 (aged 80); Pitești, Socialist Republic of Romania
Allegiance	Kingdom of Romania
Service/branch	Army
Years of service	1910–1945
Rank	2nd Lieutenant (1910); 1st Lieutenant; Captain; Major; Lieutenant Colonel (1927); Colonel (1934); Brigadier General (1939); Major General (1942)
Commands held	4th Dorobanți Infantry Regiment
Battles/wars	World War I Battle of Mărăști; ; World War II Eastern Front;
Awards	Order of Michael the Brave, 3rd class; Order of the Crown (Romania), Commander class
Other work	Secretary-General, Under-Secretariat of State for Land Forces (1940); Governor-General of Bukovina (1941)

Corneliu Calotescu (November 19, 1889 – October 17, 1970) was a Romanian major-general during World War II.

Born in Pitești,[1] he fought in World War I at the Battle of Mărăști and was subsequently decorated with the Order of Michael the Brave, Third Class.[2]

Calotescu served as Secretary-General to the Under-Secretary of State of Land Forces in 1940. In June 1940 he was awarder the Order of the Crown, Commander class.[3] In 1941, he was Deputy Governor-General of Bukovina, and then Governor-General of Bukovina.[4] In March 1943 he took command of the 3rd Infantry Division. After King Michael's Coup of August 1944, he was named commander of the 2nd Vânători de munte Division, with which he fought in Transylvania[2] until October 12, 1944, when he went into the reserves.[5]

In March 1945, Calotescu retired. In May 1945 he was tried by the Bucharest People's Tribunal; found guilty of crimes perpetrated during the 1941 Odessa massacre, he was condemned to death.[6] Later that year his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment, and he was sent to Aiud Prison.[2] In June 1956 he was pardoned and released.[5] He returned to Pitești, where he died in 1970.

Publications

Calotescu, Corneliu (1929). În luptă cu Regimentul Muscel No. 30 (in Romanian). Bucharest: Editura Inst. de Arte Grafice „Lucia”.

References

"Enciclopedia Argeșului și Muscelului" (PDF). Retrieved March 31, 2020.
"Lecţia de istorie. Generalul Corneliu Calotescu – cavaler al ordinului „Mihai Viteazul"". Jurnal de Argeș (in Romanian). January 10, 2019. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
Decretul Regal nr. 1.906 din 8 iunie 1940 pentru numiri de membri ai ordinului „Coroana României”, publicat în Monitorul Oficial, anul CVIII, nr. 131 din 8 iunie 1940, partea I-a, p. 2.789.
Getzler, Nathan (August 10, 2006). "Diary pages from Czernowitz and Transnistrien". Retrieved March 31, 2020.
"Generals from Romania". Generals.dk. Retrieved 2008-11-24.
Stauber, Roni, ed. (2010). Collaboration with the Nazis: Public Discourse after the Holocaust. Jewish Studies. Routledge. p. 246. ISBN 978-0415564410.

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[1] "Enciclopedia Argeșului și Muscelului" (PDF). Retrieved March 31, 2020.

[arges-2] "Lecţia de istorie. Generalul Corneliu Calotescu – cavaler al ordinului „Mihai Viteazul"". Jurnal de Argeș (in Romanian). January 10, 2019. Retrieved March 31, 2020.

[Decretul1906-3] Decretul Regal nr. 1.906 din 8 iunie 1940 pentru numiri de membri ai ordinului „Coroana României”, publicat în Monitorul Oficial, anul CVIII, nr. 131 din 8 iunie 1940, partea I-a, p. 2.789.

[4] Getzler, Nathan (August 10, 2006). "Diary pages from Czernowitz and Transnistrien". Retrieved March 31, 2020.

[gens-5] "Generals from Romania". Generals.dk. Retrieved 2008-11-24.

[6] Stauber, Roni, ed. (2010). Collaboration with the Nazis: Public Discourse after the Holocaust. Jewish Studies. Routledge. p. 246. ISBN 978-0415564410.