On 2 March 1945, when on the Slovakian front, General Avramescu was summoned by the commander of the Soviet 40th Army.
After one hour, the Romanian delegation was told that Avramescu and the 40th Army commander, General Filipp Zhmachenko, left for the command post of the 2nd Ukrainian Front, as they were expected there by Marshal Rodion Malinovsky, leading later commentators to assert General Avramescu was arrested.

The Romanian 4th Army was placed under command of General Nicolae Dăscălescu, who struggled to find out what had happened to Avrămescu.
Zhmachenko advised him to find information about Avramescu at the Romanian Ministry of Defence or the Romanian General Staff.
Avramescu was killed on March 3, 1945 in an aerial attack on the car which transported him, and his body was buried in Budapest's Soshalom cemetery.
The general was the only occupant of the car to be killed.
 According to the official report issued on March 23, 1945 by NKVD head Lavrentiy Beria, Avramescu was hit by a bullet through the car's windshield.

Also on 3 March 1945, Adela, Avramescu's wife and Felicia Avramescu-Sturdza, his daughter, were arrested and sent to Siberia.
His daughter committed suicide; according to Soviet sources, this happened on 6 March 1945.
Adela returned to Romania in 1956.

On 23 October 2000, his remains were brought back to Romania and were reburied with military honours at the Hajongard cemetery of Cluj-Napoca.
A bust of Avramescu has been erected in the city's "Ștefan cel Mare" Square.
On 2 March 1945, when on the Slovakian front, General Avramescu was summoned by the commander of the Soviet 40th Army. After one hour, the Romanian delegation was told that Avramescu and the 40th Army commander, General Filipp Zhmachenko, left for the command post of the 2nd Ukrainian Front, as they were expected there by Marshal Rodion Malinovsky, leading later commentators to assert General Avramescu was arrested. 
The Romanian 4th Army was placed under command of General Nicolae Dăscălescu, who struggled to find out what had happened to Avrămescu. Zhmachenko advised him to find information about Avramescu at the Romanian Ministry of Defence or the Romanian General Staff. Avramescu was killed on March 3, 1945 in an aerial attack on the car which transported him, and his body was buried in Budapest's Soshalom cemetery. The general was the only occupant of the car to be killed.  According to the official report issued on March 23, 1945 by NKVD head Lavrentiy Beria, Avramescu was hit by a bullet through the car's windshield.
Also on 3 March 1945, Adela, Avramescu's wife and Felicia Avramescu-Sturdza, his daughter, were arrested and sent to Siberia. His daughter committed suicide; according to Soviet sources, this happened on 6 March 1945. Adela returned to Romania in 1956. 
On 23 October 2000, his remains were brought back to Romania and were reburied with military honours at the Hajongard cemetery of Cluj-Napoca. A bust of Avramescu has been erected in the city's "Ștefan cel Mare" Square.
Gheorghe Avramescu