Page "Communist Romania" Paragraph 22

Ultimately, with Joseph Stalin's backing, and probably due in part to the anti-Semitic policies of late Stalinism ( Pauker was Jewish ), Gheorghiu-Dej and the " Prison Communists " won out.

Pauker was purged from the party ( along with 192, 000 other party members ); Pătrăşcanu was executed after a show trial.