In 22 years, an 850 year old population in Transylvania and over 250 years old in Banat has been sold.
The sale of almost the entire German population of Romania to the Federal Republic of Germany is the largest human trade in 20th century Europe.
The individual prosecution files show the torment to which those who wanted to emigrate were subjected: they were intimidated, surveyed at home and at work, fired from their jobs. The Securitate violated human rights, including the individual's right to freedom of movement. Not infrequently, homeowners were tricked into handing over their houses to undercover officers through false bills of sale. Under Communism, Romania was a terrorist state that took its own citizens hostage.