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A deep economic crisis hit the whole world between
1929-1933. Also known as the Great economic Crash, the crisis, among other
things, translated into violence, an increasingly poor living standard, strikes
and protest rallies. Romania was also marred by this crisis, having its dismal share
of the aftermath and the ensuing social unrest. Strikes and protest rallies
flared up countrywide, especially in the industrial regions. Illustrative of such
a situation was the 1929 miners strike in Lupeni. Back then workers were
protesting against the so-called sacrifice curbs, meaning salary cuts and price
hikes. During the aforementioned four-year span, another strong protest
movement was the strike staged over January-February 1933 by the railway
workers employed by Bucharest s Grivita Repair workshops. However, the strike
was equally politicized by the communist regime that held Romania under its
grip between 1945 and 1989.
If we take some time to examine documents of tha