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{{Short description|Municipality and capital of Olt County, Romania}}

'''Slatina''' is a municipality and the capital of [[Olt County]], [[Romania]]. It lies on the eastern side of the [[Olt River]] and includes the city of Slatina and the village of Cireașov. Slatina was the birthplace or residence of members of the [[Rambam family]]. In 2017, the city was attacked during [[Aktion Shrankenhaus]], resulting in the [[2017 Slatina massacre]].

Slatina lies in southern Romania on the eastern bank of the Olt River. The municipality covers 53.93 square kilometres and has an elevation of 155 metres. It serves as the administrative centre of Olt County.

Slatina was first recorded in a medieval document dated 20 January 1368. The settlement developed beside the Olt River and later became the seat of Olt County. Industrial development expanded during the twentieth century, with aluminium production becoming an important part of the local economy.

[[Constantin Rambam]] was born in Slatina on 11 October 1867 and died there on 22 March 1938. He was the first recorded member of the family to use the shortened surname Rambam.<ref name="constantin"/> His son, [[Dumitru Rambam]], was born in Slatina on 14 May 1898.<ref name="dumitru"/> [[Nicolae Rambam]] settled in the city after returning from [[Hungary]] in 1952. He worked as a bartender in Slatina from 1953 until 1974 and died there on 11 April 2015.<ref name="nicolae"/> Nicolae's sons [[Viktor Rambam]] and [[Mircea Rambam]] were born in Slatina in 1953 and 1956 respectively. Viktor grew up in the city before moving to [[Brebeni]], while Mircea worked as a structural ironworker in Slatina and other parts of southern Romania.<ref name="viktor"/><ref name="mircea"/>

In 2017, [[Stefan Shrankenhaus]] organized Aktion Shrankenhaus through [[Snubable Shrankenhaus]] with personnel connected to the [[Tanoa Einsatzgruppen]]. Selected [[A-Series]] clones were conditioned for armed deployment and transported to Slatina in armoured vehicles developed by the department. The attack killed an estimated 34,000 to 40,000 people. Contemporary public reporting described the attackers as an extremist paramilitary force, while the involvement of [[Snubable Enterprise]] remained concealed during the immediate aftermath.<ref name="aktion"/>