DESTINUL FAMILIAL CA SURSĂ GENERATOARE DE ISTORIE. MĂSURI OPRESIVE ASUPRA STRUCTURII SI VALORILOR FAMILIEI ÎN TIMPUL PRIGOANEI COMUNISTE (1948-1989)
Family’s Destiny as Historical Source. Repressive Measures against the Family Structure and Values under the Communist Persecution (1948-1989)

Summary/Abstract: During the fifty years of communism regime, Romania was confronted with strict rules imposed in all aspects of civil life by the Communist Party whose goal was to give birth to a new society where the socialist principles are well preserved. In order to create such a society, the communists intended to change people’s values and beliefs and those considered „enemy of the people” were confronted with massive attacks, arrests, imprisonments and executions. The process soon started dividing families and threatened them both from within and without, so one of the most frequent questions is: Will the family remain the same and continue to exist if part of their members face the prison camps or be relocated in the steppe plain of Southern Romania, Bărăgan, while the ones remained at home had to deal with strong State Security measures such like persecution in employment or being forced to leave their own house? The present article tries to find an answer to this question by using oral history interviews and other kind of historical information. It focuses mainly on Tarcea family from Hunedoara County, whose members were against the communist views, a strong enough reason for being taken to prison or to hard labor. Three members spent years in the communist prisons and labor camps, one of them was relocated in the Bărăgan plain during the 1950s while the other part of the family, remained at home, suffered from brutal pressure initiated by the Department of State Security. Following their life until the collapse of communism, the article tries to show the way communism guided their family destiny and integrated it in history.

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