is more, without even a trial—that, in this case as well [as others], we are actually dealing with an assassination." As summarized by Câmpeanu: "While disavowing Gheorghiu-Dej, Ceaușescu rehabilitated Foriș but constantly underscored his faults, and only absolved Pătrășcanu of the treason and espionage charges". Later in the same year, Foriș's body was uncovered and reburied at the Monument of the Heroes for the Freedom of the People and of the Motherland, for Socialism in Bucharest's Freedom Park. The inquiry results were communicated to PCR sections, leading some activists to voice their dismay. Vasile Daju of Timiș County expressed disbelief that such "terrorist actions" could occur under the watch of Gheorghiu-Dej, "whom all the people treasured and loved". Also in Timiș, Paul Niculescu-Mizil underscored the notion that, for all his mistakes, "there was nothing to justify the barbarian, extrajudicial killing, crowbar-to-the-head, of a party ex-leader." As the committee's main attribute was parting with the legacy of Gheorghiu-Dej, Foriș's case remained without other notable consequences (Teohari Georgescu himself was later assigned another office inside the PCR). Publicizing "Marius"'s killing proved instrumental in Pintilie's expulsion from the party. Nevertheless, the assassin was still present at official ceremonies, and was decorated with the Tudor Vladimirescu Order only two years later. The event was ridiculed by Jean Coller, a second-rank activist who had learned about Foriș's fate. The ceremony also honored poet Aurel Baranga, leading Coller to name it Ranga și Baranga ("The Crowbar-anga"). An issue of the popular history magazine Magazin Istoric, which unwittingly exposed the circumstances of Foriș's killing, was removed form circulation by the censorship apparatus. Rumors confirmed by censor Leonte Răutu had it that Ceaușescu himself ordered this freeze. In a 1969 article about PCR involvement in the coup against Antonescu, Popescu-Puțuri observed: "party activity was under stress due to some shortcomings and mistakes of general secretary Șt[efan] Foriș, reflecting his negative traits of character and methods unfit for the party, [and] creating an abnormal state within the party [...]. After some preparatory measures, on 4 April 1944 Șt[efan] Foriș was removed from his position as general secretary of the PCR C[entral] C[ommittee]. This act stood as an important moment in the life and activity of the party, restoring its unity of action, its combative and mobilizing capacity." Another party historian, Mihai Rusenescu, argued: "A majority of papers published before 1964 have described Șt[efan] Foriș as a traitor or an