Claus Pedersen has been a longtime friend and steadfast research partner for several novels, and this was no exception. He embraces “peace, love, and good happiness stuff.”
There were people who provided detailed information and heartfelt testimonies about the history and time period but for various reasons have requested to remain anonymous. I acknowledge them here and send them my love and sincere gratitude.
While writing and researching, I returned constantly to reference the invaluable works of Ana Blandiana, Paul Goma, Dennis Deletant, Katherine Verdery, Herta Müller, Mihai Eminescu, Gail Kligman, and others. A full reference list of sources follows.
I also thank the following for their generous assistance and inspiration:
The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training, ASTRA Museum Sibiu, Andrei Bersan, Dr. Murray Bessette, the Bra?ov County Museum of History, the Bucharest Palace of Parliament, Adrian Bulgaru, the Ceau?escu Mansion, Laura Gabrielaityt?-Kazul?nien?, the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library, Arnas Gu??nas, Octavian Haragos, the Institute for the Investigation of the Crimes of Communism and the Memory of the Romanian Exile, Ms. Mancea Ioncea, the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum, Ambassador Rolandas Krisciunas, Alexandra Loewy, MF3 High School, Pele? Castle, Adina Pintea, Ambassador Arvydas Pocius, the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Historical Collection at the Hoover Institution Library and Archives housed at Stanford University, the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, the Romanian Institute for Human Rights, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, the Sighet Museum, Manuela Tabac, the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, and Victoria Bra?ov County.
SOURCES
I Must Betray You was built with bricks from the following books, academic papers, articles, films, and resources.
1989 Libertate Roumanie by Deno?l Paris
“23 Years of Ceau?escu: Romania—Tight Rule of a ‘Deity’？” by Charles T. Powers, Los Angeles Times Abandoned for Life: The Incredible Story of One Romanian Orphan Hidden from the World, His Life, His Words by Izidor Ruckel “After the Revolution: The American Library of Bucharest Enters a New Era” by Mary Ann Ignatius “Alternative Images: The ’50s in Romania through Jokes Broadcasted by Radio Free Europe” by Gabriel Stelian Manea At Home There’s Only Speaking in a Whisper: File and Diary Recording the Late Years of the Romanian Dictatorship by Stelian T?nase Authoritarianism: What Everyone Needs to Know by Erica Frantz
Betrayals: The Unpredictability of Human Relations by Gabriella Turnaturi, translated by Lydia G. Cochrane Bottled Goods by Sophie van Llewyn
Broadcasting Freedom: The Cold War Triumph of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty by Arch Puddington “Bucharest Journal; To Rumanians, It Just Feels Like the Third World” by Craig R. Whitney, The New York Times “Bullets, Lies, and Videotape: The Amazing, Disappearing Romanian Counter-Revolution of December 1989” by Richard Andrew Hall Burying the Typewriter: A Memoir by Carmen Bugan
The Captive Nations; Eastern Europe: 1945–1990: From the Defeat of Hitler to the Fall of Communism by Patrick Brogan Ceau?escu and the Securitate: Coercion and Dissent in Romania, 1965–89 by Dennis Deletant “Ceau?escu Palace Rises as Monument to Greed” by Joseph A. Reaves, Chicago Tribune “Ceau?escu Regime Used Children as Police Spies” by Daniel McLaughlin, The Guardian Checkmate: Strategy of a Revolution, documentary film directed by Susanne Brandst?tter The Christmas Gift, film written and directed by Bogdan Muresanu
Chuck Norris vs. Communism, documentary film written and directed by Ilinca C?lug?reanu Communism: Its Ideology, Its History and Its Legacy, curriculum created by the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation Contemporary History Romania: A Guide through Archives, Research Institutions, Libraries,Societies, Museums and Memorial Places by Stej?rel Olaru and Georg Herbstritt The Day We Won’t Forget: 15 November 1987, Brasov by Alex Oprea and Stej?rel Olaru The Dean’s December by Saul Bellow
“Doina Cornea’s Doll” by Cristina Petrescu, Cultural-Opposition.eu
“The Enduring Legacy of Romania’s Securitate” by Paul Hockenos, PRI
“Ex-Ambassador Says Washington Would Hear No Evil About Ceau?escu” by Mike Feinsilber, Associated Press Explaining the Romanian Revolution of 1989: Culture, Structure, and Contingency by Drago? Petrescu “Fall of Ceau?escu: When Romanians Stood Up to Tyranny,” BBC News
“Finally, We Called It Christmas Again: My Role in Romania’s Revolution” by Eugen Tomiuc, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Fodor’s ’89 Eastern Europe: Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Romania, East Germany “Freedom!” by George J. Church, TIME