It is one of those places you have to see to better understand history. During communism, in Romania there were functioning 44 political prisons and 72 forced labor camps. They were the place of torture and often death for something like 1 out of 10 Romanians in the first two decades after the second world […]

Mi-a luat mai bine de o oră să găsesc Muzeul Revoluției din Timișoara, întrebând trecătorii în stânga și în dreapta, pe străzile din jur. Deși Timișoara e singurul oraș din România care păstrează o amintire vie a Revoluției, asociația care a organizat acest memorial își desfășoară activitatea aproape în conspirativitate. O discreție a unor oameni […]

In December 1989, Timisoara declared itself the first free city of Romania, after a week of resistance to communist repression. It was the point of no return of the popular movement that soon spread around the country, overthrowing the 25 years dictatorship of Nicolae Ceausescu, together with a communist system that lasted 45 years. Romanian […]