The dictionary of religious servants dismissed from functions by the Communist regime contains almost 2,500 names, a remembrance of the sufferings endured by the clerics and the students in Divinity of all confessions: Orthodox, Catholic, Greek Catholic, Mosaic, Protestant. Empresioned by communists, physically and spiritually tortured, "re-educated" - which is the final goal of the communist "revolution" - they resisted and defended their faith. The book is a useful tool for researchers, it includes biographical facts, mentioning the number of years in detention, reason of emprisonment. As methodology, the authors employed personal and clerical archives, edited sources and oral history.

În aceeasi serie au mai aparut:

• Paul Caravia, Virgiliu Constantinescu, diac. Stefan Iloaie, Marturisitori de dupa gratii. Slujitori ai Bisericii din temnitele comuniste, Institutul National pentru Studiul Totalitarismului, Bucuresti, 1995;

• Paul Caravia (coord.), Virgiliu Constantinescu, Flori Stanescu, Biserica întemnitata. România, 1944-1989, Institutul National pentru Studiul Totalitarismului, Bucuresti, 1998;

• Cristina Paiusan, Radu Ciuceanu, Biserica Ortodoxa Româna sub regimul comunist, vol. I: 1945-1958, Institutul National pentru Studiul Totalitarismului, Bucuresti, 2001/Cristina Paiusan, Radu Ciuceanu, The Romanian Orthodox Church under the Communist Regime, Vol. I: 1945-1958, The National Institute for the Study of Totalitarianism, Bucharest, 1999.

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