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Living in Ceausescu's Romania

26/03/2013 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, Living in Ceausescu's Romania

The communist dictator ran one of the most feared secret police forces in Eastern Europe.

The communist dictator Nicolae Ceasescu ran one of the most feared secret police forces in Eastern Europe.  When Carmen Bugan's father made a protest in the capital, Bucharest, the Securitate descended on her village.  They recorded everything her family said and did from then on.

Photo: Carmen before the Securitate arrived.

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