Old Paintings (I)
The article evokes memories of the 1950s regarding Stalin’s death and the
reactions of the Romanians, as well as other events in 1953, such as the World
Youth and Students Festival for Peace and Friendship (fourth edition). Tens of
thousands of people were summoned, some even mimicked pain and tears, a lot of
speeches were delivered, and before the 24 cannons bursts, the first anecdote
about Stalin’s death was already circulating through the crowd. For the
Romanians, Stalin’s disappearance meant the end of the most terrible period
(1948-1953) in their contemporary history. Immediately after Stalin’s death a
weakening of the oppression that had touched paroxysms began. In August 1953,
the World Youth and Students Festival brought a spot of color and a little joy
to the gray city of Bucharest, with its poorly fed inhabitants dressed in
calico, ducks and “flag cloth”, frightened, cautious, attentive to what they
talk.
DAN CIACHIR
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