 Elisabeta Rizea and her husband, two peasants opposed to the government's policy of forced collectivization, joined the guerrilla group "Haiducii Muscelului" led by Colonel Gheorghe Arsenescu, providing food and supplies.Caught in 1952, she served 12 years in prison, during which time she was subjected to torture.On 18 July 1958, Vasile Motrescu was executed.