Vasile Paraschiv
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| Political party | Romanian Communist Party (1946–1968) |
| Children | 1 |
| Awards | Order of the Star of Romania, Knight rank (declined) |
Vasile Paraschiv (April 3, 1928 – February 4, 2011) was a Romanian social and political activist.
Biography
Paraschiv was born in Ordoreanu village,
He was member of the Romanian Communist Party from November 1946 to November 1968. After his resignation from
He had tried to set up a trade union but was kidnapped and tortured three times by the Securitate secret police, which attempted to portray him as mentally disturbed.[2]
Paraschiv was a collaborator of Paul Goma. In 2002, Goma wrote an article which includes a letter and Paraschiv's list of communist activists that persecuted him during communism. In 2008, Paraschiv was awarded by President Traian Băsescu the Order of the Star of Romania, Knight rank; he refused to be decorated by Băsescu, whom he labelled "a former communist".[3] Paraschiv died in Ploiești in 2011[1][3] from heart failure.
Works
- Vasile Paraschiv, Lupta mea pentru sindicate libere in România. Terorismul politic organizat de statul communist (Iași, 2005)
- Vasile Paraschiv, Așa nu se mai poate, tovarășe Nicolae Ceaușescu! (Bucharest: Curtea Veche, 2007)
Footnotes
- ^ a b "In memoriam Vasile Paraschiv (3 aprilie 1928-4 februarie 2011)". www.memorialsighet.ro (in Romanian). Memorial of the Victims of Communism and of the Resistance. Retrieved April 8, 2024.
- ^ "Twenty years after fall, ghost of Ceaușescu's gov't still haunts Romanians". France 24. December 25, 2009. Retrieved April 8, 2024.
- ^ a b "A murit Vasile Paraschiv, cunoscut disident român, care a refuzat distincția Steaua României înmânată de președintele Traian Băsescu". Adevărul (in Romanian). February 4, 2011. Retrieved April 8, 2024.
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