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

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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

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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

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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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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

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Romania by Stamps: http://marci-postale.com/
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Art on Stamps: http://artonstamps.org/
Spanish North Africa: http://www.sna-on.postalstamps.biz/
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