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Georges De Serdici, Baron, Papers, 1947-1990 http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf3t1n99p6 No online items Register of the Georges de Serdici, baron, Papers, 1947-1990 Processed by Laura Cosovanu; machine-readable finding aid created by Xiuzhi Zhou Hoover Institution Archives Stanford University Stanford, California 94305-6010 Phone: (650) 723-3563 Fax: (650) 725-3445 Email: [email protected] © 1999 Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved. Register of the Georges de 91016 1 Serdici, baron, Papers, 1947-1990 Register of the Georges de Serdici, baron, Papers, 1947-1990 Hoover Institution Archives Stanford University Stanford, California Contact Information Hoover Institution Archives Stanford University Stanford, California 94305-6010 Phone: (650) 723-3563 Fax: (650) 725-3445 Email: [email protected] Processed by: Laura Cosovanu Date Completed: 1999 Encoded by: Xiuzhi Zhou © 1999 Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved. Descriptive Summary Title: Georges de Serdici, baron, Papers, Date (inclusive): 1947-1990 Collection number: 91016 Creator: Serdici, Georges de, baron, 1920- Collection Size: 16 manuscript boxes4 linear feet) Repository: Hoover Institution Archives Stanford, California 94305-6010 Abstract: Correspondence, memoranda, press releases, depositions, legal documents, and printed matter, relating to political conditions in Romania; the trial of Iuliu Maniu, Vasile de Serdici and other leaders of the Partidul National Taranesc in 1947; Romanian émigré affairs; the Comitetul National Rom^an and other anti-communist organizations; and a lawsuit for defamation brought against Cicerone Ioanitoiu in France in 1985. Language: Romanian, FrenchEnglish and Swedish. Access Collection open for research. The Hoover Institution Archives only allows access to copies of audiovisual items. 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Register of the Georges de 91016 2 Serdici, baron, Papers, 1947-1990 Access Points Political crimes and offenses -- Romania Partidul National Taranesc Maniu, Iuliu, 1873-1951 Serdici, Vasile de, baron, 1889-1953 Romanians in foreign countries Anti-communist movements Comitetul National Român Ioanitoiu, Cicerone Romania Communism Romania -- Politics and government, 1944-1989 1920 Born in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. Son of Vasile de Serdici, former Romanian landowner and one of the leaders of the Romanian National Peasant Party (Partidul National Taranesc), one of the most important parties during the inter-war period 1947 Co-defense attorney in the trial organized by the Soviet NKVD and the Romanian communist secret services (Securitate) against the leadership of the Romanian National Peasant Party, including Iuliu Maniu and Vasile de Serdici 1948 March Escaped illegally from Romania. Since then, has been living in Sweden, Great Britain, and Germany, running his own businesses in real estate, oil, and shipping, and engaging relentlessly in anti-communist activities 1982-1990 Secretary General of the Romanian National Peasant Party, currently the majority party of the ruling coalition of Romania 1989 Won the lawsuit he brought against Cicerone Ioanitoiu in 1985 Scope and Content Georges de Serdici's papers cover mainly the years he spent as an émigré in the U.S., after 1948. His writings and correspondence deal mostly with émigré affairs and with the lawsuit for defamation he brought against Cicerone Ioanitoiu in 1985. The grounds for this lawsuit lie in the publication of Ioanitoiu's book entitled Tombes sans croix (Tombs without a cross). In this book related to the trial organized in 1947 by the NKVD and by the Romanian communist secret service, Securitate, against the elite democratic politicians, Ioanitoiu depicts Georges de Serdici's father (Vasile) as a "traitor." He accused Vasile de Serdici of delivering the archives of the National Peasant Party (PNT) to the communists, and of betraying the PNT's leader during the 1947 trial. Ioanitoiu also emphasized that this behavior was characteristic of Serdici, who left the army during war time in 1918 in order to serve as a witness to Prince Carol (future Carol II, King of Romania) in his wedding to Zizi Lambrino. Bringing Alexandre Cretzianu, Emil Ghilizean, Cornel Bianu and others as witnesses, Georges de Serdici proved to the Court the irrelevance to the case of the second accusation, and the groundlessness of the first one. Like all political prisoners in Romania during the 1940s-1960s, his father was tortured both physically and psychologically, and administrated drugs, thus rendered many times irresponsible for his actions. That fact, corroborated by the proof that V. Serdici did not have in his possession any archival materials to deliver to the communists, enabled Georges de Serdici to win the case in 1989. Also of special importance in the collection are the materials related to the Romanian section of Radio Free Europe, and its alleged collaboration with Securitate (see files 1-5 in box 6 and files 1 and 6-8 in box 7). Box 1 BIOGRAPHICAL FILE, 1947-1983. Scope and Content Note Biographical notes, personal questionnaire, and resumes, arranged alphabetically by physical form Boxes 1-8. CORRESPONDENCE, 1948-1990. Scope and Content Note Correspondence kept in original chronological files Register of the Georges de 91016 3 Serdici, baron, Papers, 1947-1990 SPEECHES AND WRITINGS, 1948-1989. Box 9 SPEECHES AND WRITINGS, 1948-1989. Scope and Content Note Articles, papers, radio broadcast transcripts, miscellaneous writings and notes, arranged chronologically by title Box 10 SUBJECT FILE, 1952-1990. Scope and Content Note Communiqués, declarations, memoranda, regulations, speeches and writing by others, studies, clippings and other printed matter, arranged alphabetically by subject Box 11 "NATIONAL ACTION," 1951-1969. Scope and Content Note Correspondence, memoranda, and minutes of meetings, notes, protocols, and reports, arranged chronologically. The term "National Action" was used by Georges de Serdici to refer to the activity of Romanians in foreign countries (Europe and the U.S.) Boxes 12-16 LAWSUIT AGAINST CICERONE IOANITOIU, 1982-1990. Scope and Content Note Correspondence with the lawyers, interpreters, and witnesses; clippings; excerpts from history books; legal reports; proceedings; translations; testimonies of witnesses; miscellaneous legal evidence, arranged chronologically BIOGRAPHICAL FILE, 1947-1983 Box 1., Folder 1 Biographical notes, 1947-1983 Folder 2 Personal questionnaire for non-U.S. citizens of Radio Free Europe, 1957 Folder 3 Resumes, n.d. CORRESPONDENCE, 1948-1990. Additional Note See also NATIONAL ACTION and LAWSUIT AGAINST CICERONE IOANITOIU Box 1., Folder 4 1948. Includes correspondence with Alexandre Cretzianu, Alexandru Ghika, Grigore Niculescu Buzesti Folder 5 1949 Folder 6 1950. Includes correspondence with Raoul Bossy Folder 7 1951. Includes correspondence on Carol Davila; with International Federation of Free Journalists of Central and Eastern Europe and Baltic and Balkan Countries, and with National Committee for a Free Europe Folder 8-9 1952.Includes correspondence with Dwight Eisenhower, Fundatia Regala Universitara "Carol I", Sabin Manuila, National Estonian Council, Constantin Visoianu Box 2., Folder 1 1953. Includes correspondence with Fundatia Regala Universitara "Carol I" Folder 2 1954. Includes correspondence with International Peasant Union Folder 3 1955. Includes correspondence with Comitetul National Roman, Free Europe Committee, Radio Free Europe Folder 4 1956. Includes correspondence with the Human Rights Division of the United Nations, International Peasant Union Folder 5 1957. Includes correspondence with International Peasant Union Folder 6 1959 Folder 7 1963. Includes correspondence with Ion Ratiu Folder 8 1964 Folder 9 1965. Includes correspondence with Ion Ratiu Folder 10 1966. Includes correspondence with Ion Ratiu Folder 11 1967. Includes correspondence with Ion Ratiu Folder 12 1968. Includes correspondence with Alexandre Ghika, Ion Ratiu Folder 13 1969. Includes correspondence with Corneliu Coposu, Ion Ratiu Folder 14 1970. Includes correspondence with Ion Ratiu Register of the Georges de 91016 4 Serdici, baron, Papers, 1947-1990 CORRESPONDENCE, 1948-1990. Box 3., Folder 1 1971. Includes correspondence with Ion Ratiu Folder 2 1972. Includes correspondence with Michael, King of Romania, and Ion Ratiu Folder 3 1973. Includes correspondence with Ion Ratiu Folder 4 1974 Folder 5-6 1975. Includes correspondence with Gerald Ford, Ion Ratiu Folder 7 1976. Includes correspondence on Ion Ratiu Folder 8 1977. Includes correspondence on Ion Ratiu Box 4., Folder 1 1978. Includes correspondence with
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