 Țurcanu, who was probably acting on the orders of Securitate deputy chief Alexandru Nikolski, selected a tight unit of reeducation survivors as his assistants in carrying out political tasks.This group was called the "Organizaţia Deţinuţilor cu Convingeri Comuniste" (ODCC, "Organisation of Detainees with Communist Beliefs"), and included the future Orthodox priest and dissident Gheorghe Calciu-Dumitreasa and the Jewish detainee Petrică Fux.The process begun in 1949 involved psychological punishment (mainly through humiliation) and physical torture.