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Opening my Romanian Secret Police File
Anthropologist Katherine Verdery found out Romania's secret police thought she was spy
When American anthropologist Katherine Verdery worked in Romania during the Cold War, she had no idea the country鈥檚 secret police thought she was a spy. The Securitate had compiled a nearly 3,000 page dossier on her. The file contained reports from 70 informers, including a number of close friends. She got hold of it in 2008, and went on to meet with some of those who informed on her - she's now written a book about reading her file. (Image: Katherine Verdery. Credit: Juan Carlos Arevalo.)
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