Investigations conducted in the Ministry of the Interior and in various regional. Securitates. managed to wrest quite a few secrets from the students. Not so much because of moral weakness as by means of brutal methods of interrogation. These were such that it was almost impossible for a student to deny an offense even if he had committed none.
Admitted the crime to avoid further torture
Even though the Securitate did succeed in tearing secrets from tortured minds. it was unable to affect the structure of the soul. On the contrary. Having passed through these investigations. the students came out more convinced than. Ever of the righteousness of the cause for which they were suffering. and of the absurdity of the newly phone number list imposed system. As long. Then. As the soul remained unaltered. there had been no defeat. So it was precisely the soul that remained the principal target. its utter destruction. the aim.
The Romanian people and their faith
Appeared in history at no determined date. But the Romanian soul is organically commingled with Christianity. Perhaps because they were born together. as witness Romania’s historical chronicles over several centuries and all the crosses. called troite set up at nearly all crossroads in the countryside. Since the Romanian has traditionally put all his hopes in. God when trials confronted him. the peasants’ sons. Now students. turned to God for help in the most trying time of their lives.
A prayer murmured from the depths of one’s soul by trembling lips was often more satisfying than bread. Though it is often said that what can we take from all this? faith is inversely proportional to the degree of education. exactly the opposite was found in Romania’s prisons. Those whose belief was strongest. who felt the greatest need to pray. were definitely the best educated. irrespective of their political affiliation. including even the most materialistic socialists. who discovered the closeness of God. in prison. where only true faith could fill the void of their lives.
The Communists recognized this fact
Decided to strike from the beginning with all fury. aiming to produce despair and despondency until this faith was destroyed. Thus could they render ineffective the twin pillars of Romanian patriotism: Christian moral precepts. and tradition.
Everything of the past which could fax list offer any kind of refuge was to be muddied and denigrated. This included the heroes of history and the folklore of Christian inspiration. Then. to be given special attention. was the destruction of love for family. in order completely to isolate the victim in his own misery. bereft of religion. love of country. and family.