Securitate, Philately, and Me in then Communist Romania
Victor Manta wrote :
The Securitate, Romanian for Security; official full name Departamentul Securitatii Statului, Department of State Security) was the secret police agency of Communist Romania. Founded on August 30, 1948, with help from the Soviet NKVD, the Securitate was abolished in December 1989, shortly after President Nicolae Ceausescu was ousted. Because the Romanian post hasn't issued, for obvious reasons (spitting on the wrong side), stamps dedicated to Securitate forces, I show a document received by Securitate from one of its numerous informants, a stamp collector with the code name "Sergiu". This document is one of many that belong to the file that Securitate gathered over the years about me. I received in September 2011, on personal demand, a copy of the file, containing this document too, from the C.N.S.A.S. (Consiliul National pentru Studierea Arhivelor Securitatii - National Council for Studying the Securitate Archives). More on my new philatelic page: http://www.reds-on.postalstamps.biz/informer.htm Victor, Thank you for sharing these moving and very personal facts with us ! -- All the best, Pierre |
Securitate, Philately, and Me in then Communist Romania
"Pierre COURTIADE" wrote in message
... Victor Manta wrote : The Securitate, Romanian for Security; official full name Departamentul Securitatii Statului, Department of State Security) was the secret police agency of Communist Romania. Founded on August 30, 1948, with help from the Soviet NKVD, the Securitate was abolished in December 1989, shortly after President Nicolae Ceausescu was ousted. Because the Romanian post hasn't issued, for obvious reasons (spitting on the wrong side), stamps dedicated to Securitate forces, I show a document received by Securitate from one of its numerous informants, a stamp collector with the code name "Sergiu". This document is one of many that belong to the file that Securitate gathered over the years about me. I received in September 2011, on personal demand, a copy of the file, containing this document too, from the C.N.S.A.S. (Consiliul National pentru Studierea Arhivelor Securitatii - National Council for Studying the Securitate Archives). More on my new philatelic page: http://www.reds-on.postalstamps.biz/informer.htm Victor, Thank you for sharing these moving and very personal facts with us ! Thanks for commenting, Pierre! I'm glad to learn that I'm not alone on this ng..., to which I contribute when I have something to say. As you could learn, my very personal data weren't personal at all in my past. I see my page as an argument for vigilance for all freedom lovers. -- Victor Manta, PWO, AIJP ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Communism on Stamps: http://reds-on.postalstamps.biz/ Romania by Stamps: http://marci-postale.com/ Philatelic Webmasters Organization: http://pwmo.org/ Art on Stamps: http://artonstamps.org/ Spanish North Africa: http://www.sna-on.postalstamps.biz/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
Securitate, Philately, and Me in then Communist Romania
Victor, I too would like to thank you for sharing your story.
Alyn http://alynlunt.com/stamps my articles: http://alynlunt.com/stamps/arts.html On Oct 11, 5:25*am, "Victor Manta" wrote: "Pierre COURTIADE" wrote in message ... Victor Manta wrote : The Securitate, Romanian for Security; official full name Departamentul Securitatii Statului, Department of State Security) was the secret police agency of Communist Romania. Founded on August 30, 1948, with help from the Soviet NKVD, the Securitate was abolished in December 1989, shortly after President Nicolae Ceausescu was ousted. Because the Romanian post hasn't issued, for obvious reasons (spitting on the wrong side), stamps dedicated to Securitate forces, I show a document received by Securitate from one of its numerous informants, a stamp collector with the code name "Sergiu". This document is one of many that belong to the file that Securitate gathered over the years about me. I received in September 2011, on personal demand, a copy of the file, containing this document too, from the C.N.S.A.S. (Consiliul National pentru Studierea Arhivelor Securitatii - National Council for Studying the Securitate Archives). More on my new philatelic page: http://www.reds-on.postalstamps.biz/informer.htm Victor, Thank you for sharing these moving and very personal facts with us ! Thanks for commenting, Pierre! I'm glad to learn that I'm not alone on this ng..., to which I contribute when I have something to say. As you could learn, my very personal data weren't personal at all in my past. I see my page as an argument for vigilance for all freedom lovers. -- Victor Manta, PWO, AIJP ---------------------------------------------------------------------------*- Communism on Stamps:http://reds-on.postalstamps.biz/ Romania by Stamps:http://marci-postale.com/ Philatelic Webmasters Organization:http://pwmo.org/ Art on Stamps:http://artonstamps.org/ Spanish North Africa:http://www.sna-on.postalstamps.biz/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------*-- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
Securitate, Philately, and Me in then Communist Romania
On 10/11/2011 5:25 AM, Victor Manta wrote:
"Pierre wrote in message Thank you for sharing these moving and very personal facts with us ! Thanks for commenting, Pierre! I'm glad to learn that I'm not alone on this ng..., to which I contribute when I have something to say. As you could learn, my very personal data weren't personal at all in my past. I see my page as an argument for vigilance for all freedom lovers. I had not realized how both petty and murderous the insecurity forces (and that does seem to have been their purpose) were even in Romina (as opposed to Soviet Union and DDR). Terry |
Securitate, Philately, and Me in then Communist Romania
"Terry Reedy" wrote in message
... On 10/11/2011 5:25 AM, Victor Manta wrote: "Pierre wrote in message Thank you for sharing these moving and very personal facts with us ! Thanks for commenting, Pierre! I'm glad to learn that I'm not alone on this ng..., to which I contribute when I have something to say. As you could learn, my very personal data weren't personal at all in my past. I see my page as an argument for vigilance for all freedom lovers. I had not realized how both petty and murderous the insecurity forces (and that does seem to have been their purpose) were even in Romina (as opposed to Soviet Union and DDR). Terry Alyn, Terry, thank you for commenting on my new page: http://www.reds-on.postalstamps.biz/informer.htm Yes indeed, as noted by Wikipedia, in Romania: "Under Ceausescu, the Securitate was one of the most brutal secret police forces in the world, responsible for the arrests and deaths of thousands of people." -- Victor Manta, PWO, AIJP ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Communism on Stamps: http://reds-on.postalstamps.biz/ Romania by Stamps: http://marci-postale.com/ Philatelic Webmasters Organization: http://pwmo.org/ Art on Stamps: http://artonstamps.org/ Spanish North Africa: http://www.sna-on.postalstamps.biz/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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