From the archive: the Romanian Securitate's files on Carmen's family

Thursday 31st May 2012
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These are some of the 1,500 documents on Carmen's family that are held in the Securitate (the Romanian secret police) archives. They are published with the permission of her family and appear in the appendix of Burying the Typewriter.  


Andronic was the code name that the secret<div>police used for her father. The Securitate</div><div>was on his tail even before Carmen was</div><div>born. </div>
Andronic was the code name that the secret
police used for her father. The Securitate
was on his tail even before Carmen was
born. 
A photo of Carmen's father, which she thinks <div>may have been taken from his driving license. </div>
A photo of Carmen's father, which she thinks 
may have been taken from his driving license. 


Images of the letterboxes where Carmen's <div>parents posted anti-communist propaganda. </div><div><br></div>
Images of the letterboxes where Carmen's 
parents posted anti-communist propaganda. 

This legal document states that Carmen's <div>father, Ion, should be imprisoned for ten </div><div>years, being denied all rights for six years. </div>
This legal document states that Carmen's 
father, Ion, should be imprisoned for ten 
years, being denied all rights for six years. 
The typewriter is unearthed from its burial place in the white container by the Securitate. The notes observe that it is "an 'Erika' model ... made in the Democratic Republic of Germany (East Germany)."
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Read the opening chapter of Carmen's memoir here. 

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