Activitatea căminului cultural din România comunistă: între propaganda politică şi munca cultural-educativă (1948-1965)
The Activity of “Village Halls” from Communist Romania: Between Political Propaganda and Cultural-Educational Work (1948-1965)

Summary/Abstract: The institution of “village halls” or “cultural house” appeared in interwarperiod in Romania as a result of elite’s desire to increase the level of culture andeducation in rural areas of the country. The model was copied from Western andCentral Europe. After 1948, The Communist Party reach the power and used the“village halls” also for artistic, cultural and educational reasons, but in the sametime the regime transformed the role of this institution which became an importantpropagandistic instrument, a way to sending the official propaganda message inRomania’s villages, the rural part of the country reached after the World War Two,80% of total population.This article wants to present the main activities developed by “village halls” inRomania in the first period of the communist era (1948-1965). The sources used forthis study was in principal, archival sources, interviews, press from the period,general studies and

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