Anatol Petrencu (born 22 May 1954) is a politician, historian and academic from the Republic of Moldova. In 1990-1992 he was the dean of the Faculty of History of the State University of Moldova, and between 1998 and 2006 he was president of the Association of Historians of Moldova. Between 2006 and 2010 he was the president of the European Action Movement party. Since October 2010 he has been the director of the Institute of Social History "ProMemoria". Vice President of the Liberal Party.
Biography
Anatol Petrencu, the PhD in historical sciences, university professor, was born on 22 May 1954 in CÃÂuÃ
Âeni. He carried out his compulsory military service in the Soviet army (1972âÂÂ1974). He graduated from Moldova State University in 1980 and between 1982 and 1985 he studied at Moscow State Institute of International Relations. He has been working for Moldova State University since 1985. He did doctoral studies at the Institute of International Economic and Political Research of the Academy of Sciences of the Russian Federation. In 1986 he passed his Masters' thesis with the theme "Romanian-Italian relations in the 70s - the first half of the 80s", and in 1998 he became a PhD in historical sciences with the work "Romania's Policy on Bessarabia, 1940-1944". In 1990-1992 he was the dean of the Faculty of History of the MSU, and between 1998 -2006 he was president of the Association of Historians of Moldova. Between 2006 and 2010 he was the president of the European Action Movement (). Anatol Petrencu is a member of the Commission for the Study of the Communist Dictatorship in Moldova. Since October 2010 he has been the director of the Institute of Social History "ProMemoria".
In March 2011 the European Action Movement party merged with the Liberal Party.
Pro-Russian media in Moldova and elsewhere considers Petrencu a Holocaust denier, due to his positive views on Ion Antonescu and his anti-Soviet stance. Petrencu claims that Antonescu and the Romanian Army liberated Bessarabia from Soviet occupation and that the introduction of the history of the Holocaust as a school subject is a mistake.
Publications
Monographs
- The historical education in Romania (1948-1989), ChiÃÂinÃÂu, ÃÂtiinÃÂa Publishing House, 1991, 112 p.
- Romanian-Italian relations: from confrontation to collaboration. 1945-1985, ChiÃÂinÃÂu, Universitas Publishing House, 1993, 216 p.
- Bessarabia in the Second World War: 1940-1944, ChiÃÂinÃÂu, Luceum Publishing House, 1997, 346 p.
- Romania and Bessarabia in the Second World War, ChiÃÂinÃÂu, Epigraf Publishing House, 1999, 176 p.
- The Poles in the Second World War. Political History, ChiÃÂinÃÂu, Cartdidact Publishing House, 2005, 246 p .; 2nd edition, Anastatic, IaÃÂi, Tipo Moldova Publishing House, 2010.
- Bessarabia during the Second World War: 1939-1945, ChiÃÂinÃÂu, Prut International Publishing House, 2006, 224 p .; 2nd edition, Anastatic, Iasi, Tipo Moldova Publishing House, 2010.
- Warsaw seen by a Bessarabian historian, ChiÃÂinÃÂu, Cartdidact Publishing House, 2006, 144 p.
Collections of articles
- In the service of the goddess Clio, ChiÃÂinÃÂu, the editorial-polygraphic company Typography Central, 2001, 816 p.
- Contemporary history: studies, materials, attitudes, ChiÃÂinÃÂu, Cartdidact Publishing House, 2011, 580 p.
Document collections
- Chrestomation to the History of Romanians. 1917-1992 (in collaboration), Chisinau, Universitas Publishing House, 1993, 295 p.
- In defense of national history and dignity. Collection of documents (in collaboration), Chisinau, Cartdidact Publishing House, 2003, 96 p.
- The Poles in the Second World War. Document collection, Chisinau, Cartdidact Publishing House, 2004, 240 pages; 2nd edition, Anastatic, Iasi, Tipo Moldova Publishing House, 2010.
- Marshal Ion Antonescu and Bessarabia. 1941-1944. Collection of documents (in collaboration), IaÃÂi, Demiurg Publishing House, 2008, 350 p.
University textbooks
- Universal history. Contemporary Age, 1939-1993 (Europe, USA, Canada), lectures, ChiÃÂinÃÂu, ÃÂtiinÃÂa Publishing House, 1995, 272 p.
- Universal history. Contemporary Era, 1939-1995 (Europe, USA, Canada), lectures, Second Edition completed, ChiÃÂinÃÂu, Muzeum Publishing House, 1995, 346 p.
- Universal history. Contemporary Era, 1939-1996 (Europe, USA, Canada), lectures, 3rd edition completed, ChiÃÂinÃÂu, Muzeum Publishing House, 1995, 346 p .; 4th edition, Anastatic, Iasi, Tipo Moldova Publishing House, 2010.
Bibliography
- Profesorul Ã
Âi istoricul Anatol Petrencu 50 de ani (Le professeur et historien Anatol Petrencu a 50 ans). In: Cugetul, 2004, 2, p. 75-76.
References
External links
- PreÃ
Âedintele interimar al Republicii Moldova Mihai Ghimpu a emis un decret prezidenÃ
£ial privind constituirea Comisiei pentru studierea Ã
Âi aprecierea regimului comunist totalitar din Republica Moldova.
- Anatol Petrencu
- Hundreds of thousands of cases to be examined by commission for combating Communism
- - The first press conference of the Commission, Moldpress 18 January 2010. Video.
- - interview with Gheorghe Cojocaru, president of the Commission
- Un moment istoric: Comisia de studiere a comunismului, Vladimir TismÃÂneanu
- Site-ul Parlamentului Republicii Moldova
- de deznaÃÂionalizare a românilor din Basarabia, în Revista ART-EMIS
- Interviu cu Anatol Petrencu, Radio România ActualitÃÂÃÂi
- cu Anatol Petrencu, Ziarul de GardÃÂ, Nr. 137 (5 iulie 2007)
- Petrencu în dialog cu Vladimir Bukovski, în Memorialul Victimelor Comunismului ÃÂi al RezistenÃÂei
- DeportÃÂrile staliniste â crime împotriva umanitÃÂÃÂii, Jurnal de Chisinau, nr. 294 din 2 July 2004
- Simboluri comuniste â afaràcu ele!
- Toponimia bolÃÂevicÃÂ, ce facem cu ea? (Partea I)
- Toponimia bolÃÂevicÃÂ, ce facem cu ea? (Partea a II-a)
- Totalitarismul sovietic: studierea fenomenului. ContribuÃÂii (1)
- Totalitarismul sovietic: studierea fenomenului. LustraÃÂia la vedere. ContribuÃÂii (2)