Vergotti, Jacques M., 1915-

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Jacques M. Vergotti was born in 1915. A Major in the Romanian Army, he served as aide to Michael I, King of Romania, between 1941-1947. He witnessed the last year of the Romanian monarchy and the palace coup of December 30, 1947, when the King was overthrown and the Popular Republic of Romania was proclaimed. He was one of the few people allowed to leave the country together with the King, whose aide he was for one more year. He then emigrated to the US and has lived there since.

From the guide to the Jacques M. Vergotti Papers, 1948-1991., (Hoover Institution Archives)

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Romania
Switzerland
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World War, 1939-1945
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Birth 1915

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