Victor Zâmbrea [SEP] place of birth
Victor Zâmbrea
Victor Zâmbrea (1924, Reni, Ismail county, Romania – 2000, Chişinău, Moldova) was a Bessarabian painter.
Early years.
Victor Zâmbrea was born in 1924 in Reni, Ismail county, Bessarabia, Romania. In 1936, he finished the Gymnasium (Junior High School) in native Reni, and graduated from the Evening Lyceum (High School) in Bucharest in 1940. In 1941, he enrolled in the School of Fine Arts, Bucharest. In 1963, he graduated from the University
he was arrested for Romanian propaganda activity. He succeeded to escape from his prison, and changed his name to "Dumbrovschi".
Victor Zâmbrea then established himself in Chişinău, and made contacts with an anti-Soviet resistance group in the city. In the evening of 6 July 1949 he was arrested within the course of Operation Yug of mass deportation of ca. 40,000 civilians of the Moldovan SSR to Siberia and northern Kazakhstan. Soon afterwards, interrogation and investigation of his identity started. He was accused in virtue of Article