terryfrombronx

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Did poor people in Romania think that Communism was bad?

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Was your grandmother's family poor, or wealthy relative to the other villagers?

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Remember that Romania was an ally of Germany, and an enemy of the USSR. The Russians had more reason to be hostile to them. There were actual Romanian troops at Stalingrad.

The "liberator" stuff was generic Communist propaganda - we liberate you from capitalism. Doesn't mean the Russians viewed Romania as a friend.

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Did the counselor promise it in writing?

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She thinks that Romanian village girls in the 1930s were not taught foreign languages.