Our national broadcast company showed the execution live. I do not know why my parents allowed then 10 year old me watch it, but I remember it well.
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Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
I’m not Romanian but I remember this very well. One of the very few times I was genuinely happy to see someone dead.
Lorindol@sopuli.xyz 12 hours ago
Kenny2999@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
I member. It was accompanied by images of romanian orphanages that still haunt me to this day.
affenlehrer@feddit.org 13 hours ago
I’m not very keen on Romanian history but I visited a museum in Bukarest once that kind of explained some of the things he did. IIRC he forced women to have lots of children, right? And that’s also related to the many “rural” kids on the street, isn’t it?
Romania was one of my favorite trips ever. Beautiful country. Bukarest was also super interesting with intense contrasts. Beautiful old but pretty beaten up “French” style buildings, brutal Soviet style building blocks, insane roads with a bazillion lanes but at the same time a beautiful center with some parks where you can walk a lot. Modern, old, rich and poor. All at the same time. I spent most of my time around Brasov though. Beautiful place.
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 13 hours ago
Why aren’t you keen on the history if it was one of your favorite trips?
affenlehrer@feddit.org 13 hours ago
I wasn’t there for the history, or let’s say not for that part of the history. I was there for the historic parts of Brasov and the surroundings.
I just stumbled into this museum in Bukarest and learned a bit about the dictatorship.
LyD@lemmy.ca 12 hours ago
I read it as “I’m not very knowledgeable” rather than “I don’t like it”.