{"id":564801,"date":"2026-04-01T12:10:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T09:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=564801"},"modified":"2026-04-01T12:10:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T09:10:42","slug":"fantana-alba-massacre-85-years-romanian-katyn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/fantana-alba-massacre-85-years-romanian-katyn\/","title":{"rendered":"Romania marks 85 years since F\u00e2nt\u00e2na Alb\u0103 Massacre, known as \u2018Romanian Katyn\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Wednesday, 1 April, marks 85 years since the <a href=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/tag\/fantana-alba-massacre\/\">F\u00e2nt\u00e2na Alb\u0103 massacre<\/a>, an event often referred to as the \u201cRomanian <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Katyn_massacre\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Katyn<\/a>\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In April 1941, Northern Bukovina was part of the Soviet Union following the ultimatum issued to the Kingdom of Romania in June 1940.<\/p>\n<p>The predominantly Romanian population was subjected to a campaign of arrests and deportations, and amid this climate of fear and insecurity, many Bukovinians attempted to flee to Romania to escape repression.<\/p>\n<p>In the weeks leading up to the tragedy, rumours circulated that on 1 April the border with Romania would be opened to allow passage.<\/p>\n<h2>The Tragedy<\/h2>\n<p>On the morning of 1 April, between 3,000 and 5,000 people gathered in a column and set out towards the Romanian border.<\/p>\n<p>Just three kilometres from the frontier, at a place called Varni\u021ba near F\u00e2nt\u00e2na Alb\u0103, the column was ordered to stop, but was immediately met with machine-gun fire from multiple directions.<\/p>\n<p>Survivors later recounted that the attack was systematic, and that many of the wounded were buried alive alongside the dead in mass graves that had been dug in advance. After the massacre, the site was ploughed over and planted with fir trees to conceal the traces of the atrocity.<\/p>\n<p>Victims came from 16 villages in Northern Bukovina: P\u0103tr\u0103u\u021bii de Sus, P\u0103tr\u0103u\u021bii de Jos, Ige\u0219ti, Crasna, Ciudei, Budine\u021b, Cire\u0219ul, Cr\u0103sni\u0219oara Veche, Cr\u0103sni\u0219oara Nou\u0103, B\u0103nila Moldoveneasc\u0103, Davideni, Carapciu, Cupca, Trestiana, Suceveni and Iord\u0103ne\u0219ti.<\/p>\n<p>Men, women and children, both young and elderly, lost their lives.<\/p>\n<h2>Commemoration of the Victims<\/h2>\n<p>On 1 April 2011, marking 70 years since the massacre, a <a href=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/bishop-damaschin-it-was-unfair-and-improper-that-50-out-of-80-years-since-the-fantana-alba-massacre-were-years-of-silence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">memorial<\/a> was blessed at Putna Monastery in honour of the victims.<\/p>\n<p>That same year, the Romanian Parliament <a href=\"https:\/\/www.agerpres.ro\/documentare\/2021\/04\/01\/documentar-ziua-nationala-de-cinstire-a-memoriei-romanilor-victime-ale-masacrelor-de-la-fantana-alba-si-alte-zone-1-aprilie--688368\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">established<\/a> a National Day of Remembrance for Romanians\u2014victims of the F\u00e2nt\u00e2na Alb\u0103 massacre and other atrocities, deportations, famine and forms of repression organised by the Soviet totalitarian regime in the Hertsa region, Northern Bukovina and Bessarabia.<\/p>\n<p>Each year, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SfantaManastirePutna\/posts\/pfbid0NkMaMj62EcZZUju88Y2DVsy5iwvzC5ivZwa5LtUeNuD6AN8ufN7MoJc1EeEnGbpcl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">memorial service<\/a> is held at Putna Monastery in remembrance of the victims.<\/p>\n<p>Photo: Petre Hu\u021ban, survivor of the F\u00e2nt\u00e2na Alb\u0103 Massacre. 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