10 mai 1945. Prima manifestație anticomunistă din Timișoara
May 10, 1945. The First Anti-Communist Rally in Timișoara
Author(s): Emil SebeșanSubject(s): Political history, Social history, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), History of Communism
Published by: Institutul National pentru Studiul Totalitarismului
Keywords: Romania; Timișoara; communism; anti-communist rally; 1945; May;
Summary/Abstract: The end of World War II tragically coincided with the beginning of the communization of Eastern Europe and, implicitly, of Romania. The old traditions and holidays had to disappear. The goal was to replace the Romanian historical past and its significant data with the landmarks of a foreign system, a stranger to the Romanian mind: the worship of communist holidays. The description of the May 10, 1945 celebration in Timișoara, the first anti-communist rally in town, in the author's view, sheds a cruel light on the picture of two worlds: one of the old Romania, with kings who were defenders of the homeland, and the other, ready to take the former's place, a world made in the image of the USSR.
Journal: Arhivele Totalitarismului
- Issue Year: VI/1998
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 224-228
- Page Count: 5
- Language: Romanian
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