Talk:Peter Georgescu
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Romanian given names; years in Romania; children in jail?
[edit]@96.241.152.93, Tobby72, Thehornet, Biruitorul, and Gidonb: hi. "Peter Andrew Georgescu": if he didn't change his name altogether in the US, he most certainly was born Petre Andrei, a name by which he went for at least 15 years. Must be mentioned.
By the way "years": We have a total mess between August 1944 and 1954. It was a "transition period", but with clearly defined segments: the war, then until the end of 1947 monarchy with semblance of democracy and market economy under Soviet occupation and increasing Communist power, and only from 1948 on a "People's Republic" with full-blown Stalinism. So it looks weird how Mr. Georgescu Sr. would be in NYC as a business executive after 1948; when was he "asked to spy" for either part? "At one point" is totally insufficient; it was highly unusual, to say the least, for children or even teenagers to be jailed, are you sure he was? In 48 he was 9 years old (!), in 54 still only 15. I am not aware of anyone that age to have been jailed, and I did read a lot about that time, it sounds absolutely implausible. I don't know how much older his elder brother, Constantin, was, so that goes for him too. House arrest, constant harassment, Constantin not allowed to study at university, grandfather in jail - sure; children in jail - hard to believe.
Cheers, Arminden (talk) 19:33, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
- Or Petru, equally plausible.
- Five years ago, I argued this should be deleted, and I stand by that — I don’t think Georgescu is notable, per our usual standards, and the sources, a mix of trivia and puffery, bear that out. So I’m not too invested in sorting this out.
- Having said that, it is indeed a mess, written by a user since banned, whose grasp on basic historical facts was tenuous. - Biruitorul Talk 20:01, 10 February 2021 (UTC)