Olimpiada Bodiu

Olimpiada Bodiu
Olimpiada Bodiu and her child
Born	Mândreşti, Orhei County
Nationality	USSR, Romania
Ethnicity	Romanian
Spouse(s)	Filimon Bodiu

Olimpiada Bodiu was a Bessarabian activist in the former Moldovan SSR.

Biography

Olimpiada (of Olimpia) Bodiu was born in Mândreşti. Between 1945-1950, she was a member of an anti-Soviet groups in Bessarabia, led by her husband Filimon Bodiu. On November 16, 1950, during a fight with the authorities, Bodiu was taken as prisoner. Her husband and children were killed in fighting on November 16, 1950. She spent 15 years in the Dubrova concentration camp.

Bibliography

• Ţurcanu, Ion, Rezistenţa anticomunistă din Basarabia. Grupul Filimon Bodiu, 1946-1950, AT, nr. 2/1995.
• Elena Postică, Rezistenţa antisovietică în Basarabia, 1944-1950, Chişinău, Ed. Ştiinţa, 1997.
• I.Ţurcanu, E.Postică, V.Boldişor, Lupta antisovietică şi anticomunistă a grupării lui Filimon Bodiu, Literatura şi Arta, 1995, 6 iulie.
• Pasat, Valeriu, Trudnâe straniţî istorii Moldovî. 1940-1950 [Documente] (Pages difficiles d'histoire de la Moldavie), Moscova, Ed. Terra, 1994, p. 356

External links

• procesulcomunismului.com
• Articol despre mişcarea ilegalistă din Basarabia.
• Ion Ţurcanu, Foametea şi deportările din Basarabia
• Memoria Deportărilor's photostream