Niculae Vasilescu-Colorado was born 27 February 1910 in Câmpulung, Argeș County, Romania and died 12 October 1952 Constanța, Constanța County, Romania of Execution by firearm.
Niculae Vasilescu was a Romanian engineer. In 1949 he was appointed head of the Technical Direction of the Danube-Black Sea Canal. He was arrested on 30 July 1952, accused of "sabotage of the econimic expansion of the Romanian's People Republic". He was sentenced to death in a show trial held on 29 Aug. - 1 Sep. 1952. His appeal was rejected by the Romanian High Court on 4 Oct, 1952 and the Romanian National Assembly denied his request for clemency. He was executed on 12 Oct. 1952 and his body buried in a common grave.
Death certificate of Niculae Vasilescu indicating hypertension as cause of death
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Though he was sentenced to death and executed, the death certificate issued by the penitentiary indicates arterial hypertension as the cause of death [2]
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- ^ CIC; ACNSAS D73; CI; EŞ; Mem31; ZI-RC; ASRI Y16887, Y118993; AIOCIMS 1202, 1790, 2063, 2553; DD
- ^ Certificatul de moarte al ing. Nicolae Vasilescu-Colorado