Nicolae Dabija (soldier)

Nicolae Dabija (April 13 (18?), 1907 &mdash; October 28, 1949) was a member of the anticommunist armed resistance in Romania, leader of a group called "The National Defense Front-The Haiduc Corps". During World War II, he served as a Major in the Romanian Royal Army, participating in the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union on the Eastern Front.

Arrest and execution
The Romanian authorities learned about the location of this fighter after an arrested rebel revealed their location on Muntele Mare and about their strength. On March 4, 1949. Security forces led by Colonel Mihai Patriciu charged the peak where the fighters were located, with a gunfight and later hand-to-hand combat occurring but many anticommunist fighters escaped. The Security forces suffered three deaths and three others wounded. Dabija was arrested on March 22, 1949 after a local villager, whose barn he was sleeping in, notified the authorities of his presence.

On October 28, 1949, seven members of the group, including Nicolae Dabija, were executed in Sibiu.