1942 in Romania
Events from the year 1942 in Romania. The year was dominated by the Second World War.
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Incumbents
Events
- 1 July – Romanian and German troops capture the fortress at Sevastopol following a siege that had lasted 8 months.[3]
- 7 September – Romanian and German troops capture Novorossiysk in the Battle of the Caucasus.[4]
- 2 November – Soldiers of the Vânători de munte capture Nalchik, the farthest advance by the Axis powers into the Caucasus.[5]
- 1 December – The Soviet cruiser Voroshilov and destroyer Soobrazitelny shell Snake Island, damaging the radio station, barracks and lighthouse on the island, but fail to inflict significant losses.[6]
Births
- 25 March – Otilia Valeria Coman (pen name Ana Blandiana), poet.[7]
- 2 April – Gabriela Adameșteanu, novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist, and translator.[8]
Deaths
- 21 March – Olha Kobylianska, modernist writer and feminist (born 1863).[9]
- 16 December – Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger, poet murdered in the Holocaust (born 1924).[10]
References
- Scurtu, Ioan (2004). Istoria românilor în timpul celor patru regi (1866-1947) [The History of the Romanians under the Four Kings (1866-1947)] (in Romanian) (2a ed.). Bucharest: Editura Enciclopedică. p. 32. ISBN 978-9-73450-441-1.
- Roper, Steven D. (2000). Romania: The Unfinished Revolution. London: Routledge. pp. 8–14. ISBN 978-0-20369-507-4.
- Melville, Mungo (2017). Sevastopol’s Wars: Crimea from Potemkin to Putin. London: Osprey Publishing. p. 22. ISBN 978-1-47282-228-4.
- Forczyk, Robert; Noon, Steve (2015). The Caucasus 1942-43 : Kleist's Race for Oil. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. p. 52. ISBN 978-1-47280-583-6.
- Tucker, Spencer, ed. (2016). World War II: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. p. 1422. ISBN 978-1-85109-968-9.
- Rotaru, Jipa; Damaschin, Ioan (2000). Glorie și Dramă: Marina Regală Română, 1940-1945 [Glory and Drama: Romanian Royal Navy, 1940-1945] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Ion Cristoiu Publishing. pp. 93–94. ISBN 978-9-73995-447-1.
- Sorkin, Adam J.; Treptow, Kurt W. (1994). An Anthology of Romanian Women Poets. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 73. ISBN 978-0-88033-294-1.
- Stefanescu, Alex; Cucu, Ion (2006). Istoria Literaturii Române Contemporane, 1941-2000 [A History of Contemporary Romanian Literature] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Masina de Scris. p. 980. ISBN 978-9-73849-121-2.
- Loutfi, Anna; Daskalova, Krasimira; de Haan, Francisca (2006). A Biographical Dictionary of Women's Movements and Feminisms: Central, Eastern, and South Eastern Europe, 19th and 20th Centuries. New York: Central European University Press. p. 252. ISBN 978-6-15505-372-6.
- Paolino, Francesca (2013). Una vita: Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger (1924-1942) [A Life: Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger (1924-1942)] (in Italian). Trento: Edizioni del Faro. p. 89. ISBN 978-8-86537-139-8.
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