Ion Taflaru (1910-1973)
Ion Taflaru (1910-1973). A biography

Summary/Abstract: Ion Taflaru (1910-1973), a former political detainee imprisoned at Făgăraş and Gherla, held the position of chief commissioner with the Siguranţă (State Security) and police chief with the General Directorate of Police. He worked for the “Body of Detectives” within the Siguranţă (State Security), leading, for a long period of time, the anti-Communist brigade of this institution. He closely watched the Communist movement, which was part of his duties, and this led initially to his imprisonment by the Communist regime. He was sentenced to heavy life imprisonment, then 20 years for “intense activity against the working class”. In 1964, he was released from Gherla, according to Decree 411. After release, he was put under surveillance in order to see if he had the same “antidemocratic” behaviour towards the Communist regime, as he had had in prison. He died under suspicious circumstances in Bucharest on 2nd September 1973.

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