Vasile Paraschiv (April 3, 1928 – February 4, 2011) was a

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n social and political activist.

Biography

Paraschiv was born in Ordoreanu village,

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commune,

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. After 1940, he worked in

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and after 1947 he worked for the

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(December 1947 – November 1949). He was member of the

(November 1946 – November 1968). After his resignation from

, he was arrested. From the end of the 1960s until the Communism's fall, he was a victim of

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repression. He had tried to set up a trade union but was kidnapped and tortured three times by the Securitate (secret police) which attempted to portray him as mentally disturbed. Also, Paraschiv was a collaborator of

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. In 2002, Paul Goma wrote an article which includes a letter and Paraschiv's list of communist activists that persecuted him during communism. Paraschiv died in 2011 from heart failure. He refused to be decorated by

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, whom he labelled "a former communist".

Works

* Vasile Paraschiv, ''Lupta mea pentru sindicate libere in Romania. Terorismul politic organizat de statul communist'' (Iasi, 2005) * Vasile Paraschiv, ''Asa nu se mai poate, tovarase Nicolae Ceausescu!'' (Bucharest: Curtea Veche, 2007).

Footnotes

External links

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