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SILENT THE ESCAPE S I L E N T THE ESCAPE Three Thousand Days in Romanian Prisons LENA CONSTANTE Translation by Franklin Philip Introduction by Gail Kligman UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS Berkeley Los Angeles London Published as L'evasion silencieuse: Trois mi/le jour seule dans /es prisons roumaines in 1990 by Editions La Decouverte, Paris The publisher gratefully acknowledges the contribution provided by the Literature in Translation Endowment Fund, which is supported by a generous gift from Joan Palevsky. University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California University of California Press London, England Copyright© 1995 by The Regents of the University of California Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Constante, Lena [Evasion silencieuse. English] The silent escape: three thousand days in Romanian prisons / Lena Constante; translation by Franklin Philip; introd. by Gail Kligman. p. cm.-(Society and culture in East Central Europe) Translation of: L'evasion silencieuse. ISBN 0-520-08209-5 1. Constante, Lena. 2. Political prisoners-Romania-Biography. I. Title. II. Series: Societies and culture in East-Central Europe. HV9772.5.C6613A3 1995 365' .45 092-dc20 94-10627 I [B] CIP Printed in the United States of America 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences-Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39 .48-1984 @ In loving memory of my husband) Harry Brauner Contents Introduction by Gail Kligman IX Part One January 1950-April 1954 1 First Prison 5 2 Second Prison 37 3 Third Prison 74 4 Fourth Prison 92 Part Two Antecedents 5 April-October 1948 121 Part Three The Penitentiary 6 Dumbraveni 145 7 The Walls Speak: Miercurea-Ciuc Penitentiary 203 Afterword 251 vii
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