Secrets and Truths: Ethnography in the Archive of Romania's Secret Police

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Secrets and Truths The Natalie Zemon Davis Annual Lecture Series at Central European University, Budapest Secrets and Truths: Ethnogr aphy in the Archive of Romania’s Secret Police Katherine Verdery C e nt r a l E u r op e a n Un i ve r s it y Pr e s s Bu d a pe st – Ne w Yor k © 2014 by Katherine Verdery Published in 2014 by Central European University Press An imprint of the Central European University Limited Liability Company Nádor utca 11, H-1051 Budapest, Hungary Tel: +36-1-327-3138 or 327-3000 · Fax: +36-1-327-3183 E-mail: ceupress@ceu.hu · Website: www.ceupress.com 224 West 57th Street, New York NY 10019, USA Tel: +1-212-547-6932 · Fax: +1-646-557-2416 E-mail: martin.greenwald@opensocietyfoundations.org All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the permission of the Publisher. Series design by Péter Tóth ISBN 978-615-5225-99-4 ISSN 1996-1197 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Verdery, Katherine, 1948 Secrets and truths : ethnography in the archive of Romania’s secret police / Katherine Verdery. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978 6155225994 1. Romania. Securitatea. 2. Secret service—Romania History. 3. Political persecution—Romania—History. I. Title. HV8241.8.A45S439 2014 363.28’309498—dc23 2013029653 Printed in USA Familiei mele din satul Aurel Vlaicu, cu mult drag Meri și Sîvu Moașa și Moșu Angela, Florin, și Ani To my family in the village of Aurel Vlaicu, with much love ...