Vintilă Vais (1921-1974).

A sympathizer of the illegally RCP, Vintilă Vais was appointed a police inspector under the new political regime established in 1945. In 1948, he was removed from this position by the Securitate following different charges. In 1951 he was sentenced at 10 years in prison. He witnessed the horrors the political prisoners at Gherla penitentiary were subjected during the reeducation. After having long discussions with Radu Ciuceanu, a political prisoner at that time, he managed to send the superior party leadership a private message regarding the reeducation practices. That contributed decisively to the stopping of the reeducation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]