Blog - Muzeul Amintirilor din Comunism

The Danube-Black Sea Canal

Published on: 26 May 2022
- Povesti

On May 26, 1984, the Danube-Black Sea Canal is inaugurated, one of the prides of the communist era.

The first free elections since 1937

Published on: 20 May 2022
- Povesti

May 20, 1990 - Five months after the 1989 Revolution, Romania holds its first free and democratic elections since World War II.

Mulberry leaves and silkworms

Published on: 14 May 2022
- Povesti

Inspired by China's success, the Communists introduced a new "voluntary" contribution to pioneer organizations: raising silkworms.

Steaua Bucureşti football team wins the European Champions Cup

Published on: 8 May 2022
- Povesti

May 7, 1986 was a day dedicated to the preparation of the 65th anniversary of the Romanian Communist Party, founded on May 8, 1921.

Siphon

Published on: 5 May 2022

Since the interwar period, but especially during the communist era, Romanians always had a siphon bottle at the table.

The first postage stamps with the face of Nicolae Ceausescu appeared in North Korea

Published on: 29 April 2022
- Povesti

During the communist regime, there was a custom that the stamps issued in Romania did not include portraits of living people.

From the west...

Published on: 17 November 2021
- Povesti

That day, through the open garage door, I noticed half of the clean white Oltcit and next to it, as if out of place, a large pile of scrap paper.

The light has been taken away!

Published on: 11 November 2021
- Povesti

I don’t have communist nostalgia. I also remember well what the neighborhoods looked like when you came home in the evening, while the electricity was off...

The dolls, the fountain and the föhn

Published on: 3 November 2021
- Povesti

I remember that I received some nice dolls with ruffles, with kerchiefs and some gorgeous dresses. One was blonde, the other one brunette. One had long hair, the other one short hair.

The taste of freedom in a country devoid of freedom

Published on: 27 October 2021
- Povesti

My story of today, which I put in the museum next to the memory of my grandfather near a tube radio, is the story of all those who listened to Radio Free Europe under communism [...]

With the flashlight and portable transistor on the trip!

Published on: 20 October 2021
- Povesti

A story about high school years, romance and investigation novels..

We didn’t go to the store, we went to stand in line...

Published on: 6 October 2021
- Povesti

In my opinion, the line is a symbol of the ’80s. My parents told me that in the ’70s they found quite a lot of products at the market and in the restaurants.

The window with porcelain figurines

Published on: 22 September 2021
- Povesti

Present in the homes of all those whom I met before '89 and long after, the Porcelain Figurines Window was at its best, a trophy of wellbeing or of joy of being added the latest [...]

My grandfather was a communist until he was not

Published on: 20 July 2021
- Povesti

An interesting story about how communism shattered many dreams. The country life, the work of the land, living in a household together with the other brothers, each one with their family... all this paled in [...]

The pickup and the desire to travel the world ...

Published on: 19 July 2021
- Povesti

I was born in the early ‘80s and my childhood years were the last years of communism for Romania.