Arhiva S.S.I. o perspectivă istorică
The S.S.I. Archives. A Historian's Perspective
Author(s): Cristian TroncotaSubject(s): Archiving, Political history, Recent History (1900 till today), History of Communism
Published by: Institutul National pentru Studiul Totalitarismului
Keywords: S.S.I. archive; historian perspective; communism;
Summary/Abstract: On the basis of archive documents and memoirs, the author maintains that the S.S.I. Archive no longer exists. Among the reasons for its disappearance the following are mentioned: some documents were destroyed after the arrest of Mihail Moruzov in September 1940 and that of Eugen Cristescu, in October 1944; some other documents were removed by politically interested persons and by Soviet and American agents; repeated treatments under the communist regime and according to norms that failed to observe basic archive principles; the lack of a specific legislation designed to protect archive funds. A historian and lecturer at the National Institute of Information,
Journal: Arhivele Totalitarismului
- Issue Year: III/1995
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 49-56
- Page Count: 8
- Language: Romanian
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