Glajar, Valentina; Lewis, Alison; Petrescu, Corina L.
The communist secret police services of Central and Eastern Europe kept detailed records not only of their victims but also of the vast networks of informants and collaborators upon whom their totalitarian systems depended. These records, now open to the public in many former Eastern Bloc countries, reflect a textually mediated reality that has defined and shaped the lives of former victims and informers, creating a tension between official records and personal memories. Exploring this tension between a textually and technically mediated past and the subject/victim's reclaiming and...
The communist secret police services of Central and Eastern Europe kept detailed records not only of their victims but also of the vast networks of in...
