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It wasn't done before, it is for the first time that we open these particular files from the archives of Communist State Security. There is a video tape enclosed. In 1989 Simon Varsano was interrogated before the camera. Shot in the legs, ...See moreIt wasn't done before, it is for the first time that we open these particular files from the archives of Communist State Security. There is a video tape enclosed. In 1989 Simon Varsano was interrogated before the camera. Shot in the legs, freshly undergone complicated surgery, he is lying on a bed in a guarded police hospital. And he answered the questions of the interrogator, a State Security officer. The accusation was that the young photographer Varsano has written on the walls. Subject of writings: slogans against the communist totalitarian leader. Tool: "Salamander" shoe polish. It was on the eve of the big political transition. The communist regime in Bulgaria fell in a coup "inside" in the party. Revolution without gunshots. The only person shed blood was Simon Varsano - Recently Simon saved a drowning man and said that he had slept like a baby after that. He admitted the only time he had felt like this was after having written on the walls. What should a man do nowadays to sleep like a baby again? - Simon wouldn't tell about his wounding and arrest, about interrogation and investigation. And he would never watch the video film with his questioning. Never until today. A very personal view of author Georgi Tenev on the personal story of Simon Varsano.See less