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Marius Oprea (Romanian pronunciation:[ˈmari.usˈopre̯a]; born 1964) is aRomanian historian (specialized in recent history), poet andessayist.

Born inTârgovişte, he studied history at theUniversity of Bucharest and he has aPhD with a thesis on the role and evolution of theCommunist-era secret police, theSecuritate between 1948 and 1964 (Rolul şi evoluţia Securităţii, 1948-1964). Oprea currently works as a journalist and researcher at theRomanian Institute of Recent History (IRIR). He also serves as the president of theInstitute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes in Romania.^[1]

He made his debut as a poet in the collective volumePauza de respiraţie ("Pause for Breathing"), together withSimona Popescu,Caius Dobrescu, andAndrei Bodiu.

Marius Oprea lives with his family inBraşov.

• Banalitatea răului ("The Platitude of Evil")
• O istorie a Securităţii în documente ("A History of the Securitate through Documents")
• Securiştii partidului ("The Party's Securitate Members")
• Serviciul de cadre al PCR ca poliţie politică ("The Personnel Office of the Romanian Communist Party as a Political Police"; coauthors: Nicolae Videnie, Ioana Cirstocea, Andreea Năstase,Stejărel Olaru)
• Ziua care nu se uită. 15 noiembrie 1987, Braşov ("A Day That Cannot Be Forgotten. 15 November, Braşov"; coauthor Stejărel Olaru)
• Solo de trambulină ("Trampoline Solo", poems)
• Moştenitorii Securităţii ("Heirs to the Securitate")
• Chipul morţii: dialog cu Vladimir Bukovski despre natura comunismului ("The Face of Death: a Dialogue withVladimir Bukovsky about the Nature of Communism", 2006)
• Bastionul cruzimii: o istorie a Securităţii, 2008)
• Sase feluri de a muri ("Six ways of dying", 2009)

• Official website, Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes in Romania

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