Una rivoluzionaria vittima della rivoluzione, Ana Rabinsohn Pauker

In this essay, the author would like to sketch the figure of Ana Rabinsohn Pauker (1893-1960), who was very well known at the end of the Second World War but almost disappeared for many years from the historical memory (for Italian historiography, an absolute novelty) and from public opinion, despite the important political role she played. At the same time, a contribution is made to the knowledge of certain phases of Romanian history and especially of the first years of the Communist regime, characterized by the Stalinist influence and by bitter struggles within the Romanian Communist Party. [Publisher's text]