Jilava

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Jilava is a locality in Romania best known for its historic prison and fortress, which were used for political detentions and executions, especially during the 20th century.

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Label Occurrences
Jilava canonical 3

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf commune
fortress
locality
massacre
prison
country Romania
Romania
Romania
Romania
detainedGroup Communist opponents
Iron Guard members
anti-communist dissidents
common criminals
political prisoners
hasAreaCode +40 21
hasLanguage Romanian
hasMajorReligion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
hasNotableSite Jilava Fortress
Jilava Prison
hasNumberOfVictims over 60
hasPostalCode 077120
hasTimezone EET
hasTimezoneDST EEST
knownFor detention of political prisoners
mass executions
locatedIn Jilava self-linksurface differs
Jilava self-linksurface differs
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Ilfov County
locatedInRegion Muntenia
locatedNear Bucharest
Bucharest
locatedOnContinent Europe
location Jilava Prison
notableEvent Jilava Massacre
occurredInYear 1940
operatedBy Romanian Ministry of Justice
partOf Bucharest
surface form: Bucharest metropolitan area

Jilava Fortress
perpetrator Iron Guard
securityClassification maximum security
usedDuringPeriod Romanian People’s Republic
surface form: Communist Romania

Kingdom of Romania
World War II
usedFor detention facility
execution site
military purposes
political detention
pre-trial detention

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ion Antonescu placeOfDeath Jilava
Jilava locatedIn Jilava self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Jilava Prison
Jilava locatedIn Jilava self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Jilava Fortress