THE RED SQUARE ORGANIZATION. THE AUTHOR OANA ORLEA AT ODDS WITH THE COMMUNIST REGIME

IN 1952, THE PEOPLE'S SECURITY ORGANS FOUND OUT THAT SOME HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS/STUDENTS HAD FOUNDED A SUBVERSIVE ORGANIZATION, HAD WRITTEN MANIFESTS URGING THE POPULATION TO OPPOSE COMMUNIST PROPAGANDA, AND HAD SPREAD A HUNDRED SUCH LEAFLETS THROUGH PEOPLE'S YARDS OR IN MAILBOXES. IF FOR THE CONTEMPORARY READER, THE ACTIVITY OF THESE PUPILS/STUDENTS SEEMS NAIVE, THE COMMUNISTS KNOW HOW TO FULLY INVESTIGATE THEM, SEARCH THEIR HOMES AND CONDEMN THEM ADMINISTRATIVELY. THE WRITER OANA ORLEA IS CONSIDERED TO BE TH E HEAD OF THE GROUP AND IS IMPRISONED. FROM A HISTORICAL POINT OF VIEW, WE ARE IN THE EARLY STAGE OF COMMUNISM, WHEN THE P.C .R. THEY ARE TRYING TO GAIN LEGITIMACY AND OBTAIN THE LEVERS OF POWER BY PURGING THE INTELLECTUAL ELITES OF THE OLD REGIME. MANY REPRESENTATIVES OF THESE ELITES FLEE INTO EXILE. THOSE WHO REMAIN IN THE COUNTRY STILL HOPE TO BE RELEASED BY THE AMERICANS AND RESIST COMMUNIST PROPAGANDA. THIS IS ALSO THE CASE WITH THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO FOUNDED THE RED SQUARE ORGANIZATION. THEY ARE VICTIMS OF THE SOCIO -POLITICAL CONTEXT, AND THEIR ACT OF BRAVERY IS TRANSFORMED BY THE COMMUNISTS INTO A REAL INVESTIGATION, WITH TH E AIM OF SETTING AN EXAMPLE TO THE OPPONENTS OF THE REGIME. THROUGH THIS ARTICLE I PROPOSE TO RECONSTRUCT THE CONTEXT OF THE APPEARA NCE, THE ACTIVITY OF THE RED SQUARE ORGANIZATION, AS WELL AS THE CONSEQUENCES BORNE BY THE WRITER OANA ORLEA FOR THIS RECKLESS ACT.

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