Elena Pătrășcanu

Elena Pătrășcanu
Born
Hertha Schwamen

(1914-04-12)April 12, 1914
Czernowitz, Duchy of Bukovina, Austria-Hungary
DiedMay 5, 2000(2000-05-05) (aged 86)
Bucharest, Romania
Other namesElena Pătrășcanu Veakis
Alma materAcademy of Fine Arts Vienna
Occupationsstage designer, actress, puppeteer, propagandist, politician
Known forwife of Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu
co-founder of the Țăndărică Puppet Theatre
Political partyRomanian Communist Party (before 1948)
Other political
affiliations		Union of Patriots
Criminal chargescomplicity in the destruction of the Romanian Communist Party and the country
Criminal penaltysentenced to 14 years of forced labor, 5 years of civic degradation and the confiscation of all property
Criminal statusReleased after 2 years. Rehabilitated in 1968
Spouse(s)Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu (m. 1939, died 1954)
Yannis Veakis

Elena Pătrășcanu (born Hertha Schwamen; 12 April 1914, Czernowitz, Duchy of Bukovina, Austria-Hungary – 5 May 2000, Bucharest, Romania) was a Romanian stage designer, co-founder of the Țăndărică Puppet Theatre, and a former political prisoner during the communist period. She was the wife of communist leader Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu, whose arrest and execution deeply influenced the trajectory of her own life.

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