On the night of 5th to 6th of May 1950 DGSP the political police of the communist regime which was recently installed with the help of the Red Army arrested in Bucharest 69 former politicians generals secretaries of state ministers and prime ministers in an operation later called The Night of the Dignitaries Due to the specificity of the NKVD modus operandi the former officials arrested that night didnt receive any kind of information regarding the reason of their arrest Moreover in the next days they were sent directly to Sighetu Marmatiei prison without a trial