A chilling Romanian exhibition replays videotaped secret police interrogations from 1989
ABC NewsLiveVideoShowsGood Morning AmericaShopGMAInterest Successfully AddedWe'll notify you here with news aboutTurn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? All were recorded in 1989 by the Criminal Investigations Directorate of the Securitate.In the middle of the exhibition space is a reconstructed cell furnished with a small bed, an empty metal bowl and cup, which evokes the isolation that detainees might have felt. It also highlights the Securitate’s extensive reach and power under communism and the investigation techniques they used on suspects.Many of the recordings reveal coercive questioning and intimidation tactics that often drift into the absurd, as detainees are ground down or left bewildered.
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ABC NewsLiveVideoShowsGood Morning AmericaShopGMAInterest Successfully AddedWe'll notify you here with news aboutTurn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOnStream onA chilling Romanian exhibition replays videotaped secret police interrogations from 1989An exhibition in Romania’s capital highlights the harsh reality of interrogations by the country's communist-era secret policeBySTEPHEN MCGRATH Associated Press and ANDREEA ALEXANDRU Associated PressJune 17, 2026, 1:02 AM2:37A video from the Communist era secret police surveillance archives, seen through a pinhole, shows Anton Uncu sitting on a metal bed, a day before the opening of the "A.REST 1989 — The Securitate Video Archive" exhibition, at the National History Museum of Romania, in Bucharest, Romania,…
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