Dumitru Burlan was the chief of bodyguards of Nicolae Ceausescu, and served once as his replacement. He failed to protect his master from the coup d'etat known as the Romanian Revolution of 1989. 10 years after the "revolution" he tried to repair his fault by publishing the truth about those events and about Ceausescu.

After publishing details about the coup, he received several death threats. He declared himself proud of having served Ceausescu, aa he considers Ceausescu to be one of the most intelligent and greatest leaders in history.

Bibliography

• Dumitru Burlan, "A replacement of Ceausescu confeses" (rom. "Sosia lui Ceausescu se destainuie") Ed. Ergorom, 2003
• The series of 3 articles in the romanian newspaper Adevarul, 2003, [1] (see archives) titled "I was the copy of Ceausescu", (rom. "Eu am fost sosia lui Nicolae Ceausescu").
• Viorel Patrichi, "I was the replacement of Nicolae Ceausescu" (rom. Eu am fost sosia lui Nicolae Ceausescu), in World Magazin (rom. Lumea Magazin ) Nr 12, 2001: [2]
• Marian Oprea "After 15 years -- the conspiracy of Securitate" (rom. Au trecut 15 ani -- Conspiratia Securitatii), in World Magazin (rom. Lumea Magazin ) Nr 10, 2004: [3]
• Victor Stanculescu "Do not have merci, they own 33 milion dollars" (rom. "Nu va fie mila, au 2 miliarde de lei in cont") in National Journal (rom. Jurnalul National) Nov 22, 2004 [4]

External links

• The book was launched
• The Politicians and the revolution of 1989