The Communist Genocide in Romania
Author: Gheorghe Boldur-Lățescu
Publisher: Nova Publishers
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9781594542510
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Romania Confronts its Communist Past
Author: Vladimir Tismaneanu
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2018-05-17
Total Pages: 215
ISBN-13: 1108657966
DOWNLOAD EBOOKReckoning with mass crimes perpetrated by an ideologically driven regime entails engaging in a thorough-going exploration of its utopian foundations. In the case of Romania, such an analysis requires an interpretation of the role of personality in the construction of a uniquely grotesque and unrepentant form of neo-Stalinist despotism. Of all the revolutions of 1989, the only violent one took place in Romania. Confronting its communist past therefore involves addressing the abuses committed by the communist regime up to its very last day, its failure to engage in Round Table-type agreements with democratic representatives, and the repression during the first post-communist years, a direct legacy of the old regime. This book shows how moral justice can contribute to a restoration of truth and a climate of trust in politics, in the absence of which any democratic polity remains exposed to authoritarian attack.
The Romanian Orthodox Church and the Holocaust
Author: Ion Popa
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2017-09-11
Total Pages: 254
ISBN-13: 0253029899
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“An important book” that delves into the role of religious authorities in Romania during the Holocaust, and the continuing effects today (Antisemitism Studies). In 1930, about 750,000 Jews called Romania home. At the end of World War II, approximately half of them survived. Only recently, after the fall of Communism, are details of the history of the Holocaust in Romania coming to light. Ion Popa explores this history by scrutinizing the role of the Romanian Orthodox Church from 1938 to the present day. Popa unveils and questions whitewashing myths that covered up the role of the church in supporting official antisemitic policies of the Romanian government. He analyzes the church’s relationship with the Jewish community in Romania, with Judaism, and with the state of Israel, as well as the extent to which the church recognizes its part in the persecution and destruction of Romanian Jews. Popa’s highly original analysis illuminates how the church responded to accusations regarding its involvement in the Holocaust, the part it played in buttressing the wall of Holocaust denial, and how Holocaust memory has been shaped in Romania today.
The Re-education Experiment in Romania
Author: Gheorghe Boldur-Latescu
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781624172892
DOWNLOAD EBOOKVery little is known--not only by the Western world but also by the Romanian youth--about the magnitude of the horrors the communist regime in Romania committed over its 40 years of dictatorship. This book is a collection of essays written between 1995 and 2011, chronicling the experiences and presenting the views of a former political prisoner about past and current events in Romanian history. A retired professor of operations research, Boldur-Latescu is one of the few survivors of the 'Pitesti Phenomenon', the experiment launched in the 1950's in communist prisons by the Romanian Securitate, which aimed at re-educating political prisoners through peer exerted torture. This book is a continuation of the analysis that started with "The Communist Genocide in Romania", published in 2005 by Nova Publishers) with a particular emphasis on the examination of the social, political, cultural, and economic evolution of Romania after the 1989 Revolution. Some of the essays go beyond the analysis of the Romanian context by tackling current challenges faced by Western democracies through a unique prism. The link between communism and terrorism, the lack of reference to Christian values in the EU Constitution, and the relevance of Tolstoy's work or the Testament left by Peter the Great to the current situation in world politics, are only a few examples of the author's unique interpretation of current world events.
Gheorghiu-Dej and the Romanian Workers' Party
Author: Vladimir Tismaneanu
Publisher:
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 68
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCommunist Terror in Romania
Author: Dennis Deletant
Publisher: C. HURST & CO. PUBLISHERS
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 374
ISBN-13: 9781850653868
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is a single-volume history of Romania under Gheorghiu-Dej, the Communist ruler and predecessor of Nicolae Ceausescu. It investigates the Communist's use of terror in their attempt to totally transform Romanian society, including appalling abuses and mass arrests.
Holocaust Public Memory in Postcommunist Romania
Author: Alexandru Florian
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2018-01-24
Total Pages: 327
ISBN-13: 0253032741
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow is the Holocaust remembered in Romania since the fall of communism? Alexandru Florian and an international group of contributors unveil how and why Romania, a place where large segments of the Jewish and Roma populations perished, still fails to address its recent past. These essays focus on the roles of government and public actors that choose to promote, construct, defend, or contest the memory of the Holocaust, as well as the tools—the press, the media, monuments, and commemorations—that create public memory. Coming from a variety of perspectives, these essays provide a compelling view of what memories exist, how they are sustained, how they can be distorted, and how public remembrance of the Holocaust can be encouraged in Romanian society today.
Nationalism And Communism In Romania
Author: Trond Gilberg
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-04-10
Total Pages: 263
ISBN-13: 0429721994
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book analyzes Ceausescu's tools and goals, that is, party structure and how it was transformed in order to implement Ceausescu's concept of modernization which became interchangeable with the concept of building communism.
The Holocaust in Romania
Author: Radu Ioanid
Publisher: Ivan R. Dee Publisher
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 406
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRadu Ioanid's account of the Holocaust in Romania, based upon privileged access to secret East European government archives, is an unprecedented analysis of heretofore purposely hidden materials.
Romania Under Communist Rule
Author: Dennis Deletant
Publisher:
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is the first synthesis of the history of communism in Romania, from the founding of the Romanian Communist Party in 1921 to the revolution that led to the downfall of Communist dictator Nicolae Ceaucescu in December 1989. This book is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand the development of communism in Romania and the impact of four decades of communist rule on Romanian society. Romania Under Communist Rule is divided into three parts. The first presents the period of Soviet domination and the consolidation of the Communist regime in Romania during the period from 1947 to 1955. The second discusses the Romanian Communist Party's efforts at autonomy in the period from 1956 to 1969, including the withdrawal of Soviet troops form Romania in 1958, and the coming to power of Nicolae Ceaucescu after the death of Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej in 1965. The third and final section of the book analyzes the neo-Stalinist dictatorship of Nicolae Ceaucescu, culminating in the overthrow of the communist regime in Romania as a result of the December 1989 revolution. The author, Dennis Deletant, is a leading specialist on Romanian history and culture. Professor of Romanian studies at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies at the University of London, he is recognized as the leading authority on Romanian history in Great Britain.
