Jilava Prison

It served as an arms deposit and garrison until 1907, when people arrested during the peasants' revolt were brought there.

On the night of November 25/26, 1940, the Jilava massacre was carried out by members of the Iron Guard, who killed 64 officials who had served under King Carol II.

Arriving detainees had to run a gauntlet of guards armed with bats and other weapons; after being beaten on the head and elsewhere, their clothes were inspected while they sat naked on the cement floor.

One bucket contained water for washing while another was a chamber-pot; the cells reeked of feces and urine.

[2] Holding an average of 3,000 prisoners, Jilava saw them beaten, tortured, starved and denied adequate medical care.

Returned to his cell wrapped in a blanket, the victim often suffered from split eardrums and broken ribs, while blood flowed from his mouth and nose.

[6] The Romanian government has nominated the facility, along with four other prisons used during the communist era, to be included as UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Cell at the abandoned Fort 13 Jilava