Pintilie joined the labour movement as an apprentice at the CFR workrooms in Nicolina-Iaşi , and became a member of the then-outlawed PCR in 1926 . In February 1933 , as the Griviţa Strike unfolded in Bucharest , he took part in organising railway strikes elsewhere ( particularly in Iaşi and Paşcani ) as a member of the national action committee . Between 1934 and 1937 he undertook important tasks in the leadership of CFR unions and was an active member of the anti-war movement , writing numerous articles in left-wing newspapers and magazines . In 1936 he became a member of the Central Committee of the PCR . Arrested , tried and sent to prison several times for his activities , he was detained at Galata ( Iaşi ) , Suceava and Jilava before being sent to Doftana prison . There , as an ethnic Romanian and a worker , he was the only rival for leadership of Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej , who had made a name for himself in the Griviţa Strike . Pintilie was killed when Doftana prison collapsed during the 1940 Vrancea earthquake . Later , he was buried in the crypt in the Carol Park Mausoleum ; his remains were interred elsewhere when the Mausoleum was shut down in 1991 . During the Communist period , a large number of streets bore his name , including Bucharest 's Ilie Pintilie Boulevard , formerly Bonaparte Highway and called Iancu de Hunedoara Boulevard since the Romanian Revolution of 1989
1940 Vrancea earthquake
1940 Vrancea earthquake
Ilie Pintilie