The large collection of different works of art belonging to the artist Heldur Viires reflects the activities of the Tartu Circle, a group of artists in Tartu. Some of these artists, including Viires himself, were sent to a prison camp in 1949. The Tartu Circle used the picturesque style, which opposed the Soviet view of art. In this way, young artists in the group resisted the strict rules of Socialist Realism.

Location:
- Tartu Raekoja plats 8, Estonia 51003
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Date of founding:
- n.a.
Featured items:
- Heldur Viires' monotype
- Postcard with self-portrait of Heldur Viires

Herta Müller Ad-hoc Collection at CNSAS

The Herta Müller Ad-hoc Collection at CNSAS focuses on the case of the Romanian-born German writer Herta Müller and the way in which the Romanian secret police, the Securitate, monitored the development of her cultural opposition towards the communist regime. The documents of the collection show that Herta Müller came to the unwanted attention of the Securitate as her writings shed a negative light on “socialist reality” and they intensified their informative surveillance of her as her prose reached a larger and more international audience.

Location:
- București Strada Matei Basarab 55, Romania 030167
Topics:
Featured items:
- Securitate. About Herta Müller’s Niederungen (Nadirs), March 1982. Note
- Securitate. Herta Müller’s discussion with a German citizen about her persecutions by the Securitate, 25 July 1986. Report

Hidden Galleries Digital Archive

This digital archive presents visual and textual materials relating to the creative practices and material culture of the religious underground located within the archives of the secret police in Central and Eastern Europe. These unique materials offer an insight into the religious lives of ordinary members of minority communities under repressive regimes in twentieth century Hungary, Romania, Moldova and Ukraine. The archive is designed to enable researchers to find difficult to locate files that contain materials confiscated from religious groups as well as representations of these religious groups created by the secret police.

Location:
- Cork, Ireland
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Date of founding:
- 2016
Featured items:
- Confiscated photographs from a clandestine religious community Budapest 1972
- True Orthodox Church secret police network scheme Ukraine, 1931. Graphic representation of a religious underground network

High Consistory Collection at Teutsch Haus Sibiu

The High Consistory Collection includes mostly of documents issued by the High Consistory of the Evangelical Church of Augustan Confession of Romania in the period 1922–1990, together with the minutes of meetings of the High Consistory and documents concerning institutional communication with parishes and with the state authorities. The collection illustrates the opposition of the Evangelical Church A.C. of Romania to the policies of the communist regime in certain domains, such as religious education.

Location:
- Sibiu Strada Mitropoliei 30, Romania
Topics:
- alternative forms of education (e.g. flying universities)
- religious activism
Date of founding:
- 1922
Featured items:
- Memorandum sent by Bishop Friedrich Müller to the Ministry of Religious Affairs, 1949

Historical Collection of the Jakabffy Elemér Foundation

The main aim of the Historical collection is to collect and organize primary and secondary sources concerning the history of the Hungarians living in Romania, particularly during the political transition from communism to a multiparty system.

Location:
- Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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Date of founding:
- 2002
Featured items:
- Surveillance files of Sándor Balázs