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Romania still haunted by secret police files legacy
In Romania the Securitate files remain largely closed despite a 20 year post communist era. Novelist Stelian Tanase recalls betrayals by his best friend and argues full access could heal or reopen wounds as officials debate what to release.
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Bucharest
Romania
Stelian Tanase
Tanase
Nicolae Ceausescu
Europe
Germany
Berlin Wall
Czech Republic
Poland
Hungary
Janos Kenedi
Securitate
Gheorghe “Gica” Popescu
National Council For the Study of Securitate Archives
Virgiliu-Leon Tarau
Herta Mueller
Cornel Nistorescu
Law and Justice Party
Institute of National Remembrance
Vaclav Havel
Kundera
Eugen Georgescu
Georgescu
Ceausescu
Tarau