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Expressing the Inexpressible
Expressing the Inexpressible

Author(s): Alin Muresan
Subject(s): History
Published by: Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai
Keywords: Romania; Communism; the Piteşti prison; memoirs; victims; torture; guilt.

Summary/Abstract: This article provides a survey of the main memoirs volumes about the Piteşti ”experiment” and aims to offer a description, in terms of both style and emotion, of how the victims relate to their past tortures. For each volume, several qualities and drawbacks are indicated through the lens of a reader who wishes to find more precise information about what is meant by the so-called ”re-education through torture.”

  • Issue Year: 2008
  • Issue No: 15
  • Page Range: 110-114
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: English