Militia din R.P.R. și instaurarea „dictaturii proletariatului” , 1949-1956
The Communist Police in the Romanian People's Republic and the “Dictatorship of the Proletariat. ” 1949-1956

Summary/Abstract: As soon as it was created, the Communist police (Miliția) began being used as an instrument of institutionalized terror. The Communist police officers were recruited from among opportunists and the lower, frustrated walks of life. Indoctrinated by the Political Directorate and well paid, they formed a body of loyal supporters of the regime, ready to commit any abuses under the pretext of defending the law. Like the personnel of the political police (Securitate), the employees of the regular police considered they were intangible and above ordinary people, therefore behaving arbitrarily. The police (Miliția) also conducted political police actions, this force acting throughout that period as a faithful ally to the Securitate.

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