The martyr hero Liviu Cornel Babes, who set himself on fire, 33 years ago, on the Bradul slope in central Poiana Brasov in protest against the communist regime, was commemorated on Wednesday by his family, representatives of the associations of revolutionaries and of the authorities, through a religious ceremony and wreath laying.
The ceremony was organized, at the cross on the Slope Bradul and at the commemorative plaque of the Church of St. John the Baptist in Poiana Brasov, by the Association of Fighters, Injured and Descendants of heroes "Brasov-December 1989" in collaboration with the Association "November 15, 1987 - Brasov" and the Brasov Branch of the Association of Former Political Prisoners of Romania.
On 2 March 1989, Liviu Cornel Babes set himself on fire on the Bradul slope, in front of several hundred Romanian and foreign tourists, in protest against the oppressive policy of the Ceausescu regime. He was an electrician at the Trustul de Prefabricate and, in his spare time, an amateur plastic artist. At the base of the slope, engulfed in flames, the man collapsed, under the eyes of those present, after, before self-arson, he displayed on the trunk of a tree the text "Stop Murder, Auschwitz = Brasov". He died on the same day, a few hours later, from the severe burns he has suffered, Agerpres.ro informs.
33 years after this gesture, Brasov still does not have a monument dedicated to the martyr hero. Mayor Allen Coliban announced last year that funds for its implementation will be put in the local budget. Money for the contest of solutions and the works of execution of the monument were allocated from the budget for the current year under the conditions in which, in 2021, the realization of these stages of the project was not successful.
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