Becoming involved with the banned Romanian Communist Party ( PCdR ) , he joined its secretariat and was chief of the central committee 's technical operations , organizing networks and clandestine links . He also took care of the printing presses and distribution of materials . He headed the central committee 's internal police , verifying arrests , monitoring those suspected of being informers for the Siguranța secret police , disbursed funds and checked on the clandestine operations of paid activists . He played a similar role within the International Red Aid , supervising assistance in the form of money , food , clothing and newspapers sent to prisons . He also managed ties with various anti-fascist front organizations financed by the PCdR . He was one of nineteen communists arrested in July 1935 , tried the following June in Craiova , and sent to prison . He died at Doftana prison in 1940 , when an earthquake caused the structure to collapse
an earthquake
1940 Vrancea earthquake
Șmil Marcovici