Corneliu Calotescu

Corneliu Calotescu (November 19, 1889 – October 17, 1970) was a Romanian major-general during World War II.

Corneliu Calotescu
Born(1889-11-19)19 November 1889
Pitești, Kingdom of Romania
Died17 October 1970(1970-10-17) (aged 80)
Pitești, Socialist Republic of Romania
Allegiance Kingdom of Romania
Service/branchArmy
Years of service1910–1945
Rank2nd Lieutenant (1910)
1st Lieutenant
Captain
Major
Lieutenant Colonel (1927)
Colonel (1934)
Brigadier General (1939)
Major General (1942)
Commands held4th Dorobanți Infantry Regiment
Battles/warsWorld War I

World War II

AwardsOrder of Michael the Brave, 3rd class
Other workSecretary-General, Under-Secretariat of State for Land Forces (1940)
Governor-General of Bukovina (1941)

Born in Pitești,[1] he fought in World War I at the Battle of Mărăști and was subsequently decorated with the Order of Michael the Brave, Third Class.[2]

Calotescu served as Secretary-General to the Under-Secretary of State of Land Forces in 1940. In 1941, he was Deputy Governor-General of Bukovina, and then Governor-General of Bukovina.[3] He became General Officer Commanding the 3rd Division in 1943 and went into the reserves in 1944.

In March 1945, Calotescu retired. In May 1945 he was tried by the Bucharest People's Tribunal and found guilty of crimes perpetrated during the 1941 Odessa massacre, and he was condemned to death.[4] Later that year his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment, and he was sent to Aiud Prison.[2] In June 1956 he was pardoned and released.[5]. He returned to Pitești, where he died in 1970.

Publications
  • Calotescu, Corneliu (1929). În luptă cu Regimentul Muscel No. 30 (in Romanian). Bucharest: Editura Inst. de Arte Grafice „Lucia”.

References
  1. "Enciclopedia Argeșului și Muscelului" (PDF). Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  2. "Lecţia de istorie. Generalul Corneliu Calotescu – cavaler al ordinului „Mihai Viteazul"". Jurnal de Argeș (in Romanian). January 10, 2019. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  3. Getzler, Nathan (August 10, 2006). "Diary pages from Czernowitz and Transnistrien". Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  4. Stauber, Roni, ed. (2010). Collaboration with the Nazis: Public Discourse after the Holocaust. Jewish Studies. Routledge. p. 246. ISBN 978-0415564410.
  5. "Generals from Romania". Generals.dk. Retrieved 2008-11-24.
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