The Merchants of Human Beings: The Securitate’s Role in the Emigration of Romania’s Germans (1978–1989)
The Merchants of Human Beings: The Securitate’s Role in the Emigration of Romania’s Germans (1978–1989)
Author(s): Cosmin BudeancăSubject(s): History
Published by: Academia Română – Centrul de Studii Transilvane
Keywords: communism; emigration; Transylvanian Saxons; oral history; Securitate
Summary/Abstract: In January 1978 the German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt visited Romania and had discussions with communist President Nicolae Ceauşescu about the issue of Romanian German emigrants. After this, the two countries signed several ‘secret conventions’ which set the number of emigrants and the price to be paid for each of them. The former Romanian communist political police (Securitate) controlled this emigration in the period 1978–1989. The present study is based especially on documents of the former Romanian communist political police, oral history interviews, and bibliographical sources.
Journal: Transylvanian Review
- Issue Year: XXIV/2015
- Issue No: 01
- Page Range: 59-78
- Page Count: 20
- Language: English