own grouping — the National Union for Work and Reconstruction (Uniunea Națională Muncă și Refacere, UNMR) —, alongside Nicolae Ottescu, Nicolae D. Cornățeanu, Zamfir Brătescu and others. It was kept under surveillance by the Communist-controlled Petru Groza government, and was infiltrated by the pro-Communist National-Agrarian Action (Acțiunea Național-Agrară, ANA). The UNMR disbanded over worries that Argetoianu was losing credibility with Soviet authorities—the group around Cornățeanu joined Premier Groza's Ploughmen's Front, while others entered the Union of Patriots. Argetoianu, who was ill at the time and had just undergone surgery on his prostate, withdrew from public life for a second time. Referring to the commonly-held belief at the time that an American-led invasion of Eastern Europe would topple the Soviet-backed communist government (Vin americanii!), he exclaimed in April 1950, "Even if they came with a wheelbarrow, they would have arrived by now." On the morning of May 6, 1950, he was arrested by the Securitate; while being taken away, he was heard saying: "Man, you sure are tough, you communists, if you are afraid of a flatulent old man such as myself". He died in the infamous Sighet prison five years later, never having been put on trial. Legacy In 1999, attorney and civil rights activist Monica Macovei, representing Argetoianu's two granddaughters – Yvonne Oroveanu Niculescu and Constantina "Dina" Oroveanu – before court cleared Argetoianu of all charges, with prosecutor Mihai Carp admitting that Argetoianu's detention had been an abuse. A street in his native city, Craiova, is named after him, and so is a school in Argetoaia, Dolj County. Notes References Constantin Argetoianu, "Pleacă Tătărescu, vine Gigurtu" ("Exit Tătărescu, Enter Gigurtu"), fragment from his Memoirs, in Jurnalul Național, September 23, 2006 Lucian Boia, History and Myth in Romanian Consciousness, Central European University Press, 2001 Ion Constantinescu "Duiliu Zamfirescu: "Zero la purtare lui Ionel Brătianu!"" ("Duiliu Zamfirescu: "Grade Zero in Manners to Ionel Brătianu!""), in Magazin Istoric, September 1971 Cristina Diac, "La «kilometrul 0» al comunismului românesc. "S-a terminat definitiv cu comunismul in România!"" ("At "Kilometer 0" in Romanian Communism. "Communism in Romania Is Definitely Over!""), in Jurnalul Național, October 6, 2004 Eusebi Manolache, "Scăpăm de ciumă, dăm peste holeră!" ("We Get Rid of the Plague, but Get Hit by Cholera"), in Historia, May 7, 2010 Z. Ornea, Anii treizeci. Extrema dreaptă românească ("The 1930s: The Romanian Far Right"), Ed. Fundației Culturale Române, Bucharest, 1995 Petre Otu, "1946–1947. Se pregătește guvernul