CNSAS archives
E45898
The CNSAS archives are the official repository of Romania’s former communist-era secret police files, used for research, declassification, and the study of state surveillance and repression.
Aliases (1)
- CNSAS ×2
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archives
→
state security archives → |
| accessPolicy |
access for individuals concerned
→
access for researchers → regulated public access → |
| contains |
informant reports
→
institutional records of the Securitate → operational dossiers → personal surveillance files → |
| country |
Romania
→
|
| focusPeriodEnd |
1989
→
|
| focusPeriodStart |
late 1940s
→
|
| fullNameRomanian |
Consiliul Național pentru Studierea Arhivelor Securității
→
|
| governedBy |
Romanian law
→
|
| holdsRecordsOf |
Romanian communist-era secret police
→
Securitate → |
| languageOfName |
Romanian
→
|
| locatedIn |
Romania
→
|
| locatedInCity |
Bucharest
→
|
| maintainedBy |
National Council for the Study of the Securitate Archives
→
|
| mediaType |
digitized documents
→
microfilm → paper documents → |
| primaryFunction |
declassification of former secret police files
→
facilitating access for research → preservation of former secret police files → supporting study of state surveillance and repression → |
| relatedTo |
Romanian Parliament
→
Romanian civil society organizations → decommunization policies in Romania → post-communist transitional justice in Romania → |
| shortName |
CNSAS
→
|
| subjectArea |
Cold War history
→
Eastern European studies → archival studies → intelligence and security services → memory studies → |
| timeCoverage |
Cold War era
→
communist period in Romania → |
| topic |
human rights violations under communism
→
political repression in communist Romania → state surveillance in Romania → |
| usedFor |
academic studies on communism in Romania
→
documentation of abuses → genealogical and family history research → historical research → journalistic investigations → lustration and vetting processes → transitional justice → |
Referenced by (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
CNSAS archives
("CNSAS")
→
Romanian National Council for the Study of the Securitate Archives ("CNSAS") → |
shortName |
|
Securitate
→
|
hasArchive |